(FreedomBeacon.com)- In a recent interview, House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan said Republicans in Congress should introduce legislation holding federal agencies accountable if they target American citizens for exercising their First Amendment rights.Ā
While appearing on āJust the News, No Noise,ā last Wednesday, Jordan said steps must be taken to ensure such targeting cannot happen again. He said Congress should use the āpower of the purseā to ensure no federal money goes to targeting parents or pro-life advocates.Ā
Jordan added that the first thing Congress should do is āget the facts on the tableā so the American people have āall the truth.ā Once that has been done, the next step would be to propose and pass legislation to āremedy the situation,ā Jordan added.Ā
The Washington Examiner reported that the Judiciary Committeeās Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government found that the Biden Administration and Attorney General Merrick Garland ācolludedā with the National School Boards Association to silence critics of Democrat education policies before the Virginia Governorās race in 2021.Ā
In the subcommitteeās new interim report on Attorney General Garlandās October 2021 directive on parents protesting at school board meetings, chairman Jordan concluded that the Biden administrationās objective appears to have been āsilencing the critics of its radical education policiesā while also āneutralizing an issueā that threatened the Democrat Partyās chances in the 2021 gubernatorial race in Virginia.Ā
According to the report released last Tuesday, disclosures from a whistleblower along with the report commissioned by the National School Boards Association āshed new lightā on the collusion between the Biden administration and the association to ācreate a justificationā to target parents using āfederal law enforcement and counterterrorism.āĀ
Based on DOJ, FBI, and Education Department documents subpoenaed by the committee in February, it appears the Biden administration āmisused federal law enforcement and counterterrorism resources for political purposes,ā according to the report.Ā Ā
The report also found that the Justice Department coordinated with the National School Boards Association before Garlandās October 2021 directive was released.Ā