Congressional Republicans have been unrelenting in their criticisms of the October 4 memo, which laid out how the department would work with state and local authorities to respond to threats of violence and harassment against school board officials.
A Justice Department memo that has put Attorney General Merrick Garland in the center of the roiling political controversy over masks and history lessons in schools continues to fuel Republican fire towards the department.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Garland last week, Republicans said the Justice Department appeared to be targeting parents as domestic terrorists. In response, Garland defended his memo, saying the department had no interest in going after parents who voiced their opinions peacefully at school board meetings. School boards around the country are under fire. What exactly do they do? "We are not investigating peaceful protest or parent involvement at school board meetings.
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