Category: School board protests

FBI Lawyer Hoped Justice Department Would ‘Reconsider’ 2021 Memo on Alleged School Board Threats, Documents Reveal

March 24, 2023
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Documents the FBI recently released show that a lawyer for the agency expressed her reservations about a draft version of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Oct. 4, 2021 memo that initiated a controversial federal effort to investigate alleged harassment at school board meetings around the country. The documents, which the America First Legal Foundation (AFL)…

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Colorado Recall Supporter Says She Seeks Ouster of School Board, Alleging Illegal Acts

August 11, 2022
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The leader of a heated Colorado school board recall campaign has defended her group’s conduct, denying the campaign has union ties and standing firm in claims that the recall is in response to allegedly illegal acts by the Woodland Park School Board. Erin O’Connell told The Epoch Times an alternative version of the events on…

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Contradicting the DHS, DOJ Repeats Unfounded Claim of Rising School Board Violence

January 13, 2022
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Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said during the Jan. 11 congressional hearing on domestic terrorism that there has been an increase in violence against educators—directly contradicting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data. The Jan. 11 congressional hearing captured headlines due to Department of Justice (DOJ) officials refusing to answer questions about Ray Epps, the controversial…

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