WATCH: Rep. Jim Jordan Blasts FBI Director Christopher Wray Over Leaked FBI Memo About Targeting Catholics
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jim Jordan blasted FBI Director Christopher Wray over a leaked memo about the agency targeting Catholics during a committee hearing on Wednesday.
The Richmond, Virginia, FBI field office memo was leaked in February and detailed plans to investigate “radical traditionalist” Catholics. It relied heavily on criteria from the far-left extremist organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and detailed plans to place “informants” inside of churches.
During the hearing, Rep. Jordan asked Wray to define “radical, traditional Catholics.”
In response, Wray claimed that he was “aghast” when he heard about the memo “and ordered it withdrawn and removed from FBI systems,” adding that it “was a single product by a single field office.”
Rep. Jordan then demanded that Congress be allowed to interview the FBI employees who drafted the memo,
