10 November, 2021

The Verb Choice Is Important Here

BREAKING: House Republicans Request All Documents Concerning DOJ Targeting of Concerned Parents – PJ Media

The minority can “request”. The majority “demands”.

DOJ will likely ignore this request until and unless it becomes a demand.

In his testimony before the Judiciary Committee on October 21, AG Garland was uncertain whether the meetings had taken place, therefore, to “assist in the Committee’s investigation and determine whether these meetings are ongoing,” the Committee requested that each U.S. Attorney provide the following documents and information:

1. All documents and communications referring or relating to convening meeting(s) in your judicial district in accordance with the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021memorandum;
2. All agendas, minutes, and notes created or relied upon by U.S. Attorney’s Office employees referring or relating to meeting(s) in your judicial district in accordance with the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021 memorandum;
3. Please explain when meeting(s) in your judicial district in accordance with the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021 memorandum have occurred or will occur;
4. Please identify by name and title of all U.S. Attorney’s Office employees involved in the meeting(s) in your judicial district in accordance with the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021 memorandum ;
5. Please identify all federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial organizations invited to or that have attended the meetings convened in your judicial district in accordance with the October 4, 2021 memorandum; and
6. Please provide all recommendations, both formal and informal, and any meeting minutes produced at the meeting(s) in your judicial district in accordance with the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021 memorandum.

The Committee closes its request by reiterating that concerned parents “are not domestic terrorists” and “have an undisputed right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.” Parents who cross legal lines through violence or criminal threat should be taken care of by local authorities, but “we must not tolerate the use of the federal law enforcement apparatus to intimidate and silence parents using their Constitutional rights to advocate for their child’s future.”

The U.S. Attorneys have until no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 15 to respond.

We’ll see.

Color me skeptical. The GOP wasn’t very successful with these even when they were in the majority.

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