House Judiciary Committee Republicans said in a letter on Wednesday that whistleblowers claimed the FBI launched thousands of investigations on American parents who indicated disagreement to schools’ COVID-19 rules and designated them with a “threat tag.” In a letter to the Justice Department (pdf), Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated that “brave whistleblowers” from the FBI had informed them that the agency had reportedly created an internal threat tag called “EDUOFFICIALS” in October 2021 to track alleged threats against school boards, in response to an Oct. 4 directive from Attorney General Merrick Garland. According to the reps, the instruction came in response to a request from the National School Boards Association, which requested that the federal government employ counterterrorism instruments, such as the Patriot Act, to target parents at school board meetings. The congressmen said that such … Continue reading FBI Whistleblowers Claim Parents Against School Board COVID Policy Were Investigated By The FBI.