Unearthed emails shed light on Biden DOJ memo calling concerned parents ‘domestic terrorists’
July 23, 2025
The Biden White House communicated with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prior to the release of a 2021 memo labeling parents who spoke out about sensitive subjects at school board meetings as “domestic terrorists.”
The Christian Post reports that America First Legal (AFL) released several documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that include emails from several DOJ lawyers in regard to a 2021 letter from the National School Board Association (NSBA).
In that letter, the NSBA asked for “federal assistance to stop threats and acts of violence against public schoolchildren, public school board members, and other public school district officials and educators.”
The letter claimed that “threats and acts of violence have become more prevalent — during public school board meetings,” as well as through the U.S. Postal Service and other online platforms.
Within days, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a directive to federal law enforcement agencies to assist local law enforcement because of a “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.”
When critics pushed back, over concerns that the memorandum challenged the right of parents to speak at school board meetings, Garland claimed that the DOJ acted independently of the White House.
The documents obtained and released by AFL appear to show numerous examples of federal resources being directed to investigate and monitor parents despite abundant local and state laws addressing trespassing or disruption of the peace.
America First Legal President Gene Hamilton told the Christian Post, “The Biden Administration appears to have engaged in a conspiracy that was ultimately aimed at depriving parents of two fundamental rights — the right to speak, and the right to direct the upbringing of their children.”
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