Newly obtained memos show that the US Department of Justice (DOJ), under former president Joe Biden, targeted parents at school board meetings despite warnings from FBI officials and a sheriffs association.
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Just the News reports that the conservative nonprofit America First Legal (AFL) acquired the documents as part of its ongoing lawsuit related to an October 4, 2021 memorandum from former Attorney General Merrick Garland that targeted concerned parents at school board meetings.
The Garland memorandum was released despite “some concern” by FBI Deputy Assistant Director Jay Greenberg. Additionally, the National Sheriffs’ Association stated that their sheriffs had “not heard any concerns about threats to local school boards.”
🚨EXPOSED — New documents show Biden’s DOJ unleashed the full force of the federal government against parents speaking out at school board meetings despite concerns from the FBI and the National Sheriffs’ Association.
This is what government weaponization looks like. pic.twitter.com/SU5goChEjD
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) June 14, 2026
The Biden DOJ ignored those warnings and chose instead to rely on the National School Board Association’s politically charged effort to unleash the full weight of the federal government against American parents exercising their constitutional rights.
Some inside the DOJ also worried that the strategy would boomerang, and create a political headache for elections.
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One top DOJ official wrote in an email, “I don’t think it’s possible to state how strongly I object to this. It will completely and totally nuke our election threats efforts, and will damage the reputation of the Public Integrity Section into the bargain. It’s like they’ve affirmatively trying to make this thing not work and look political.”
AFL reported that, “On October 8, 2021, the National Sheriffs’ Association reached out to officials in the Associate Deputy Attorney General’s Office, stating that its sheriffs had ‘not heard any concerns about threats to local school boards’ and that ‘it would have been nice to have a heads-up,’” referencing internal emails obtained by the nonprofit.
Ian Prior, Senior Advisor at AFL, said, “These documents prove that the Biden Administration ignored explicit warnings from the FBI’s own leadership and the National Sheriffs’ Association to appease radical leftist activists. By placing concerned parents in the same threat category as those targeting judges and Members of Congress, Garland’s DOJ demonstrated the full extent of its weaponization.”
In an AFL press release, Will Scolinos stated, “Parents speaking at school board meetings were never a national security threat, and the Biden DOJ knew it. These documents confirm that DOJ ignored the law enforcement’s on-the-ground threat assessments and continued with its vindictive, politically-driven weaponization of parents.”
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