“On October 21, 2021, you testified that the Department and its components were not using counterterrorism statutes and resources to target concerned parents at school board meetings… We have now received a disclosure from a Department whistleblower calling into question the accuracy and completeness of your testimony,” the letter said.
The whistleblower’s document - an email from a top FBI official to the agency’s personnel - confirmed the creation of a threat tag called EDUOFFICIALS, to be applied to investigations and assessments of threats allegedly directed toward school board administrators, board members, teachers and staff.
The disclosure provides evidence that federal law enforcement is operationalizing counterterrorism tools against concerned parents at the behest of a “left-wing special interest group,” Jordan said in the letter.
It also calls into question the accuracy and completeness of Garland’s congressional testimony, which Jordan invited him to amend, according to the letter.