The Daily Signal obtained the FBI report through a Freedom of Information Act request to Virginia State Police. The FBI normally doesn’t release information to the public regarding items of investigative interest, indicating that Virginia State Police may have released the document to The Daily Signal in error. …
The email text above the FBI report obtained by The Daily Signal was fully redacted, as was the text in other emails that Virginia State Police sent to The Daily Signal in response to a request for emails between the police agency and the federal government related to protests outside justices’ homes.
“What that FOIA revealed is that there is an FBI investigative interest in these stories. Why else would the FBI highlight them as being relevant to the Washington Field Office, the Baltimore Field Office, and multiple other field offices?” Roman Jankowski, senior investigative counsel on The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project told The Daily Signal. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)
“Unfortunately, regardless of the theoretical investigative interest in [the] political violence of such groups as Ruth Sent Us or Jane’s Revenge, the FBI has demonstrated no interest in pursuing any investigate activity that targets any persons who are proponents for abortions,” Jankowski said.
[Did someone tell these FBI offices to stand down? That seems like a question that House Republicans should ask FBI execs, and soon. — Ed]
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