A newly issued report by the Department of Justice reveals that law enforcement officials from multiple federal agencies pushed back on a Biden-era plan to label parents who protested at school board meetings as “domestic terrorists” and prosecute them under federal law.
Multiple officials warned that the move was likely outside federal jurisdiction, was unlawful since it implicated the parents’ First Amendment free speech rights, and would be seen as political.
“Stupid, stupid, stupid,” one attorney said in an email criticizing the plan.
“If they do this, they might as well rename the damn thing the Anti-MAGA Task Force,” another said. …