Scathing DOJ report denounces Biden FBI memo targeting traditional Catholics - LifeSite
Sat Aug 29, 2026 - 1:37 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a report on the targeting and investigation of traditional Catholics as a national security threat under the Biden administration.
The 230-page document charts how it came to be that a single agent working in the FBI’s Richmond Field Office concocted a memo which cast suspicion on many Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) Catholics as radical extremists, with the seeming intent of weaponizing U.S. law enforcement against them.
“On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14147 to eliminate the political weaponization of federal agencies,” notes a statement from the DOJ. “To many Americans, the Richmond Domain Perspective came to embody the misuse and weaponization of government power.”
The FBI memo focused on what it called “Radical Traditionalist Catholics” (RTCs) to identify its chosen target …