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House Committee on the Judiciary asks SPLC for documents after citing alleged FBI memo
Summary
The House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter requesting documents from the Southern Poverty Law Center about any communications with the Biden administration, saying the FBI held at least 13 documents, including a memo the committee said labeled "traditional Catholics" as violent extremists and that cited SPLC material.
The House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to the Southern Poverty Law Center requesting documents on any communication and coordination between the group and the Biden administration, the committee said.
According to the committee, the FBI possessed at least 13 documents related to the matter, including a memorandum that the committee said labeled "traditional Catholics" as violent extremists. The committee also said the memorandum cited material from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). This account was summarized in the meeting transcript.
The committee's statement in the transcript referenced a 2023 report by the same House committee that, it said, found the SPLC had identified "Christian identity" as a hate group. The committee framed the new letter as a request for documents to clarify any communications or coordination between the SPLC and the Biden administration that informed law-enforcement materials.
The transcript does not include the text of the committee's letter or any response from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The record also does not include copies of the FBI documents the committee described or independent confirmation of the committee's characterization of the memorandum.
