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    March 20, 2023

    The Honorable Christopher A. Wray


    Director
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, DC 20535

    Dear Director Wray:

    The Committee on the Judiciary is continuing to examine the Federal Bureau of


    Investigation’s (FBI) handling of domestic violent extremism investigations. On February 16,
    2023, we wrote to you about the FBI Richmond Field Office’s document that linked “racially or
    ethnically motivated violent extremists” with a “radical-traditionalist Catholic” ideology.1 You
    have failed to acknowledge or respond substantively to the requests in our letter, and the
    Committee continues to have questions about this misuse of federal law-enforcement resources.

    Although the FBI withdrew this anti-Catholic document following severe backlash, many
    questions remain about the genesis, review, and approval of this document, as well as the FBI’s
    commitment to upholding First Amendment-protected activity. At a March 9, 2023, hearing
    before the Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight, Assistant Attorney
    General Carlos Uriarte stated that the FBI document “did not meet our standard at all. It was
    offensive to me personally, and as the Attorney General said last week, it was offensive to him.”2
    In addition, Mr. Uriarte testified that “being responsive to Congress” is a “significant priority to
    [the Attorney General] and me personally” and promised that the documents related to our
    February 16, 2023, letter are “forthcoming soon.”3

    We reiterate our outstanding requests— itemized in our February 16, 2023, letter and
    incorporated herein— and ask that you provide this information as soon as possible, but no later

    1
    See, Letter from Rep. Jim Jordan, Chairman, H. Comm. on the Judiciary, to Hon. Christopher A. Wray, Dir., Fed.
    Bureau of Investigation (Feb. 16, 2023).
    2
    Compliance with Committee Oversight, Hearing Before Subcomm. on Responsiveness & Accountability to
    Oversight, H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 118th Cong. at 39 (2023).
    3
    Id. at 21 & 40. Prior to the hearing, the Department of Justice represented to the Committee that Mr. Uriarte spoke
    on behalf of the FBI for purposes of that hearing.
    The Honorable Christopher A. Wray
    March 20, 2023
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    than 5:00 pm on March 23, 2023. Please be aware that the Committee may resort to compulsory
    processes to obtain the required documents if necessary.

    Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

    Sincerely,

    Jim Jordan Mike Johnson


    Chairman Chairman
    Subcommittee on the Constitution
    and Limited Government

    cc: The Honorable Jerrold L. Nadler, Ranking Member


    The Honorable Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution
    and Limited Government

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