The FBI under the Biden administration took “minimal corrective action” after its Richmond office targeted traditional Catholics as possible extremists, defending the employees behind the scandal, giving them positive performance reviews, and continuing work on a revised memo after headquarters pulled the original product amid backlash, according to a new Justice Department report.
The DOJ’s 210-page Richmond Domain Perspective report, released Friday by the Trump administration‘s Weaponization Working Group, featured never-before-seen details charting the FBI’s extensive attempts to force a link between “domestic violent extremists” and Catholics. Trump administration officials described the episode as a “grave failure” by the Richmond Field Office to uphold First Amendment rights, while officials during the Biden era quietly praised staff handling the investigation.
