A leaked FBI memo + a disputed arrest + a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing = a golden opportunity for misinformation.
The memo does have its flaws. Notably, it cites as one of its main sources the Southern Poverty Law Center—not exactly a beloved group among conservatives, and a group that tends to use the term “extremist” more liberally than the FBI, which is interested primarily in the possibility of violence, rather than hate speech. The memo also, in an appendix, ran the SPLC’s list of extremist Catholic groups, which the FBI did not separately verify.
The FBI field office in Richmond of the 23rd of January of this year issued a memorandum in which they advocated for, and I quote, the exploration of new avenues for trip wire and source development against traditionalist Catholics. That’s their language. Including those who favor the Latin Mass.Notice that Hawley doesn’t clarify when the direct quote ends. The quote doesn’t, as his reading implies, end after the first sentence.
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