<p>U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland became visibly upset after a House lawmaker pressed him about the FBI producing a memo earlier this year that labeled so-called Radical-Traditional Catholics as potential domestic terrorists.</p>
<p>During a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Garland faced a barrage of questions over the Biden Administration&#8217;s actions over the last two years.</p>
<p>But when Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) asked about the Department of Justice and FBI persecuting traditional Catholics, the question triggered an enraged response from the attorney general.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have no idea what &#8216;traditional&#8217; means here,&#8221; Garland said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Catholics that go to church,&#8221; Van Drew replied. &#8220;Yes or no?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous — is so absurd,&#8221; Garland said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mr. Attorney General,&#8221; Van Drew interrupted. &#8220;It was your FBI that did this. It was your FBI, and we have the memos and emails [sic] sending undercover agents into Catholic churches.&#8221;</p>
<p>Earlier this year, FBI whistleblower Kyle Seraphin first published in UncoverDC, an unclassified intelligence document out of the bureau&#8217;s Richmond field office that targeted traditional Catholics who are &#8220;racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists in radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology.&#8221;</p>
<p>Seraphin wrote in his piece for UncoverDC that the intelligence document shows a permissive tolerance within the bureau for left-leaning ideological actors that furthers the weaponization of the FBI against conservative Americans and could lead to &#8220;investigations into Americans in violation of their God-given, First Amendment-protected civil liberties.&#8221;</p>
<p>Almost immediately after the document leaked, FBI authorities purged the ant-Catholic memo from its system, saying the bureau would &#8220;never conduct investigative activities or open an investigation based solely on First Amendment protected activity.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the Wednesday hearing, Garland said that the memo &#8220;appalled&#8221; both him and FBI Director Christopher Wray.</p>
<p>&#8220;Are they extremists or not — I&#8217;m asking a simple question,&#8221; Van Drew said. &#8220;Say no, if you think that was wrong?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Catholics are not extremists, no,&#8221; Garland admitted.</p>
<p>When Van Drew asked if federal officials fired anyone for producing the memo, Garland said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Attorney General Garland responds to Rep. Jeff Van Drew&#39;s (R-NJ) questions about the DOJ and FBI persecuting traditional Catholics: &quot;The idea that someone with my family background would discriminate against any religion is so outrageous! So absurd!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/RKoTcXIL0o">pic.twitter.com/RKoTcXIL0o</a></p>
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<p>Garland, who is Jewish, said during his opening statement at the hearing that his family fled antisemitism and persecution in Eastern Europe in the early 1900s.</p>
<p>&#8220;This country took her in, and under the protection of our laws, she was able to live without fear of persecution,&#8221; Garland said of his grandmother.</p>
<p>&#8220;Repaying this country for the debt my family owes for our very lives has been the focus of my entire professional career,&#8221; he later said.</p>

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