outlined, get this, a plan to spy on catholic churches. the memo from the f.b.i. s richmond field office suggested radical catholic ideology could lead to domestic terror. and that the f.b.i. sought to develop sources inside churches to report on any suspicious activity. house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan writing in the subpoena this information is outrageous and only reinforces the committee s need for all f.b.i. material responsive to our request. the documents produced to date show how the f.b.i. sought to enlist catholic houses of worship as potential sources to monitor and report on their parishioners. it s a chilling thought. the memo even drew criticism from the f.b.i. director ray himself. he condemned the memo when asked about it last month. when i first learned of the piece, i was aghast. as you should be. and we took steps immediately to withdraw it and remove it from f.b.i. systems. it does not reflect f.b.i. standards. we do not conduct inve
is everybody lying? all the whistleblowers from the fbi. the whistleblowers from the i r s are they all lying? no, i don t think they re all lying. let s continue. there s more from my book. although the fbi director christopher wray and attorney general garland claim ignorance and distance himself from another scandal, this time specifically targeting traditionalists and the catholic church, here s what we know thanks to kyle surfin, a former fbi special agent, federal whistleblower u s. air force vet. one covered a now infamous january 23 2023 document. he uncovered it. you said the fbi s richmond division would like to protect virginians from the threat of white supremacy, which he believes has found a home within catholics who prefer the latin mass and intelligence analyst within the richmond field office of the fbi released in a newly finished intelligence product dated, generate 3 2023 on racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists. and their interests
to withdraw it and remove it from f.b.i. systems. it does not reflect f.b.i. standards. we do not conduct investigations based on religious affiliation or practices full stop. kayleigh: emily, i want to take us through you on we got through first starting with the january 23, 2023 memo. this memo comes out. here s the headline. interest of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists and radical traditionalists catholic ideology almost certainly presents new mitigation opportunities. they relied on data from the notoriously left leaning southern poverty law center to suggest catholic americans may be domestic terrorists. i went to catholic school my whole life. i go to catholic mass every other sunday. my husband is catholic and i m protestant. i ve never met a radical traditional catholic, never heard of this nor is there a wave of catholics committing violence across the country. you as a catholic yourself got to read this and think what is going on? why is my faith being ta