LifeNews is reporting that President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, at her confirmation hearing, promised Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), that she will look into preventing the use of the Southern Poverty Law Center as a resource for the U.S. Department of Justice. (See video, bottom.)
For background, see these two postings on this site:
- Statement by Brother Andre Marie, MICM, on the Proposed Surveillance of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart Of Mary by Federal Authorities
- See Deo Gratias! The FBI Retracts Bogus, SPLC-Based Memo
Here is what LifeNews reported about Bondi’s words to Senator Hawley:
In a related move, Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi promised to investigate the left-wing group behind an infamous federal memorandum the FBI used to infiltrate and investigate traditionalist, Latin Mass Roman Catholic parishes and churchgoers.
The document’s conclusions relied in part upon reports from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) referred to as an “anti-religious group that has repeatedly gone after conservative and religious organizations”
The SPLC “once infamously … called the Family Research Council a terrorist hate group and an armed gunman came into their lobby and opened fire,” Hawley accurately noted.
“Will you put a stop to the use of the SPLC as an official source for any Department of Justice memorandum or finding?” Hawley asked during Bondi’s confirmation hearings.
“That will be one of the first things we look at,” responded Bondi.
This is good.
Trump nominee Pam Bondi vows to launch an investigation into the FBI’s discriminatory targeting of Catholic parishes, making it her top priority as Attorney General. pic.twitter.com/n71pqJZkGz
— CatholicVote (@CatholicVote) January 15, 2025
