The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray for documents over the bureau’s leaked plans to spy on Catholics for signs of “violent extremism.”
Multiple high-ranking FBI officials and one lawyer at the bureau’s Richmond, Virginia, field office previously suggested an analysis of domestic extremism that sought to target clergy members and parishioners in the Catholic church to develop sources.
An undercover FBI employee was used in the analysis, which was disseminated to field offices across the country. The plan has since been withdrawn, and the committee has seen a redacted version of it.