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Trump's DOJ exposes how the Biden FBI didn't stop targeting Catholics even after getting caught

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The Biden FBI targeted adherents of what it dubbed "traditionalist Catholicism" and suggested in a widely distributed internal assessment that certain Catholic beliefs were linked to violent extremism and criminal activity. Although a whistleblower exposed the bureau's abuse of counterterrorism tools to smear Catholics and SSPX adherents in 2023, some in the Biden FBI continued on with the project, according to a new report from the Justice Department's Weaponization Working Group. 'History will rightly judge the Richmond Catholic Memo as a grave failure.' "The Richmond Memo was a clear abuse of power, targeting conservative and religious beliefs disfavored by agents of government who lacked necessary oversight," said Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr. in a statement released Thursday. "No more." The investigation The FBI's assessment smearing members of a Catholic sect and certain Catholics with socially conservative views as potential extremists was the outgrowth of a Ri

First report: Biden-era FBI took ‘minimal corrective action’ and defended staff after targeting Catholics — washingtonexaminer.com, 17d