2026年6月12日 美国东部时间下午1:28 / 福克斯新闻
一名司法部副部长助理警告称，这份2021年的指令将“彻底彻底摧毁”选举威胁相关的调查工作
作者：罗伯特·施马德，福克斯新闻
福克斯新闻获取的司法部内部邮件显示，官员们对2021年梅里克·加兰发布的备忘录存在严重担忧。一名工作人员建议将该指令更名为“反MAGA特别工作组”，凸显其被认为的政治属性。该备忘录将在学校董事会会议上就新冠疫情防控措施和批判性种族理论发声的家长作为目标。
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福克斯新闻获取的文件显示，时任司法部长梅里克·加兰2021年发布的一份有争议备忘录，旨在应对不满家长对学校董事会构成的所谓威胁，该备忘录在司法部内部引发了反抗。
随着全美各地家长前往学校董事会会议，表达对新冠疫情期间学习限制措施以及课堂上种族和性别教学方式的不满，全国学校董事会协会向司法部求助，称愤怒家长的某些行为可被归类为“国内恐怖主义”。
司法部于2021年10月发布备忘录，协调应对该部门所称的“家长针对我国公立学校董事会成员、教师和工作人员的骚扰、恐吓和暴力威胁上升”问题。
不过，最新披露的邮件显示，司法部高层官员对这一举措持怀疑态度，预测这可能会成为拜登政府的一个政治麻烦。
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2024年5月23日，司法部长梅里克·加兰在华盛顿特区司法部大楼的新闻发布会上回答提问。司法部提起诉讼，试图拆分Live Nation，指控这家Ticketmaster母公司违反反垄断法并损害消费者权益。（肯特·西村 / 盖蒂图片社）
“我认为无论如何强调我对这一举措的反对都不为过。它将彻底彻底摧毁我们的选举威胁相关调查工作，还会损害公共诚信部门的声誉，”一名司法部副部长助理在内部邮件链中写道。“这就好像他们故意要让这件事搞砸，看起来像政治操作。”
“如果他们真这么做，不如干脆把这个该死的东西更名为‘反MAGA特别工作组’，”他继续说道。
“没错！”司法部公共诚信部门负责人回复道。“愚蠢，愚蠢，愚蠢。”
司法部内部一些人还质疑，司法部是否有权按照提议的方式处理所谓的针对学校董事会成员的威胁。
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2021年3月11日，司法部长梅里克·加兰在华盛顿特区美国司法部向工作人员发表讲话，这是他上任的第一天。加兰于3月10日以70票赞成、30票反对的结果在参议院获得确认。（凯文·迪奇 / 法新社）
“我们不会这么做，”一名首席副部长助理写道。“这和公共诚信完全没有关联（事实上，我看不到任何形式的联邦利益关联。）如果他们要就此事和选举威胁向各外勤部门发布部长备忘录，我会强烈建议他们不要发布。”
公共诚信部门负责人补充说，该备忘录可能会将司法部和联邦调查局变成“威胁警察”，而且它“完全没有限制原则”。
在遭到共和党议员、州官员、评论员和家长团体的强烈批评后，全国学校董事会协会正式为其致拜登政府的信件道歉，该信件呼吁对不满的家长启动法律审查。
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2024年9月12日，司法部长梅里克·加兰在华盛顿特区司法部发表讲话，在持续的政治指控中赞扬司法部工作人员。（丁申 / 彭博社）
“我代表全国学校董事会协会，为这封信致歉，”该组织在致其成员的备忘录中写道。“信中的某些措辞毫无根据。我们本应建立更好的流程，就这类重要沟通进行磋商。我们也为这一情况给您和您的组织带来的压力和紧张关系致歉。”
尽管加兰面临收回备忘录或道歉的压力，但他选择为自己的决定辩护。
“司法部的职责是保护美国人民免受暴力和暴力威胁，这尤其包括公职人员，”他在谈到该备忘录时说道。
福克斯新闻数字频道周五联系司法部和加兰寻求置评，但双方均未回应。
福克斯新闻的大卫·斯庞特和杰克·吉布森为本报道贡献了内容。
Unearthed DOJ emails expose turmoil over Biden-era memo urging crackdown on parents
June 12, 2026 1:28pm EDT / Fox News
A deputy assistant attorney general warned the 2021 directive would ‘completely and totally nuke’ election threats efforts
By Robert Schmad, Fox News
Internal DOJ emails obtained by Fox News reveal officials’ serious concerns about the Merrick Garland memo from 2021. One employee suggested renaming the directive the ‘Anti-MAGA Task Force,’ highlighting its perceived political nature. The memo targeted parents who spoke out at school board meetings regarding COVID-19 rules and critical race theory.
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A controversial memo issued by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2021 aimed at addressing the alleged threat posed to school boards by dissatisfied parents caused an internal revolt at the Justice Department, according to documents obtained by Fox News.
As parents across the nation took to school board meetings to vent their dissatisfaction with COVID-era learning restrictions as well as how race and gender were being taught in classrooms, the National Association for School Boards appealed to the Justice Department for assistance, claiming that some actions taken by angry parents could be classified as “domestic terrorism.”
The Justice Department in October 2021 issued a memo to coordinate a response to what the department described as an “increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers and workers in our nation’s public schools” by parents.
Newly released emails, however, indicate that high-ranking officials at the DOJ were skeptical of this move, predicting that it could transform into a political headache for the Biden administration.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland takes questions during a news conference at the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2024. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit seeking to break up Live Nation, alleging the Ticketmaster parent company violated antitrust laws and harmed consumers.(Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
“I don’t think it’s possible to state how strongly I object to this. It will completely and totally nuke our election threats efforts, and will damage the reputation of the Public Integrity Section into the bargain,” one deputy assistant attorney general wrote on an internal email chain. “It’s like they’ve affirmatively trying to make this thing not work and look political.”
“If they do this, they might as well rename the damn thing the Anti-MAGA Task Force,” they continued.
“Exactly!” the DOJ’s Public Integrity Section chief responded. “Stupid, stupid, stupid.”
Some at the DOJ also questioned whether or not the agency had the authority to address purported threats to school board members in the way that was being proposed.
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland addresses staff on his first day at the US Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2021. Garland was confirmed by the Senate with a 70-30 vote on March 10.(Kevin Dietsch/AFP)
“We will not do this,” one principal deputy assistant attorney general wrote. “There is no conceivable connection to public integrity (indeed, I’m not seeing a federal interest of any kind.). And if they’re going to make the AG’s memo to the field about this and election threats, I’m going to strongly recommend that they not send it.”
The Public Integrity section chief chimed in that the memo could turn the Justice Department and the FBI into the “threat police” and that it contained “no limiting principle at all.”
After sparking a firestorm of criticism from GOP lawmakers, state officials, pundits and parents’ groups, the NSAB formally apologized for its letter to the Biden administration calling for legal scrutiny to apply to disgruntled parents.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12, 2024, praising the department’s staff amid ongoing political accusations.(Ting Shen/Bloomberg)
“On behalf of NSBA, we regret and apologize for the letter,” the organization wrote in a memo to its members. “There was no justification for some of the language included in the letter. We should have had a better process in place to allow for consultation on a communication of this significance. We apologize also for the strain and stress this situation has caused you and your organizations.”
Though Garland was pressed to retract his memo or apologize, he instead opted to defend his decision.
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“The obligation of the Justice Department is to protect the American people against violence and threats of violence and that particularly includes public officials,” he said of the memo.
The DOJ and Garland did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Friday.
Fox News’ David Spunt and Jake Gibson contributed to this report.
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