The FBI under Biden was weaponized beyond recognition. But this is truly staggering.
And now an unprecedented FBI bombshell could send dozens to jail.
FBI’s Anti-Catholic Memo Reached Over 1,000 Employees Nationwide
A whistleblower’s leak exposed an FBI memo from the Richmond field office, circulated to over 1,000 employees across multiple field offices, targeting traditional Catholics as potential threats.
Documents obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-IA, reveal the memo’s broad dissemination before it ever reached the public.
Grassley’s findings, announced in a June 3, 2025, press release, highlight the FBI’s reliance on questionable sources and biased terminology in its scrutiny of Catholic communities.
Multiple Field Offices and Biased Sources Fueled the Controversy
Grassley uncovered that the Richmond memo was not an isolated effort. The FBI’s Louisville, Portland, and Milwaukee field offices were consulted during its creation, gathering data on Catholic traditionalist groups.
The memo included a slide presentation labeling “Radical Traditionalist Catholics” (RTCs) with “core concepts” like “conservative family values/roles” and comparing their beliefs to “Islamist ideology.”
Additionally, Grassley revealed the FBI produced at least 13 other documents and five attachments using anti-Catholic language, drawing from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a group criticized for its far-left bias.
A second anti-Catholic memo, intended for agency-wide distribution, was drafted but shelved after public backlash over the initial leak.
Calls for Accountability and First Amendment Concerns
CatholicVote Cofounder Joshua Mercer condemned the FBI’s actions as a “frontal assault on the First Amendment,” noting that the agency’s efforts involved monitoring Catholic churches, schools, and dioceses as “potential domestic terrorists.”
Mercer highlighted that the FBI’s coordination spanned at least four field offices, including Los Angeles, and relied on the SPLC, which he called an “anti-Catholic hate group.”
Grassley’s June 2, 2025, letter to FBI Director Kash Patel criticized former Director Christopher Wray’s misleading testimony, which downplayed the memo as a “single product” that was “withdrawn.”
Grassley revealed a second draft report, a Strategic Perspective Executive Analytic Report (SPEAR), was circulated internally but deleted after public outcry.
Patel, who vowed during his January 2025 confirmation hearing to address this misconduct, faces calls from Grassley and CatholicVote to identify those responsible, recover deleted files, and halt any ongoing surveillance of Catholics.
