Garland memo
- Biden DOJ was warned about a Loudoun list targeting parents and wrote a memo protecting school boards instead
An internal 2021 email warned DOJ about a list targeting Loudoun parents.
- What Loudoun parents paid: Ian Prior's account of a yearlong campaign against his family
Loudoun parent Ian Prior told DOJ he faced hate mail, mailers to neighbors and a tampered dog fence after challenging the school board, and he blames the Garland memo.
- Youngkin at DOJ: Virginia was "Ground Zero," and the fight for parents is not over
Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin told a June DOJ roundtable that Loudoun made Virginia 'Ground Zero for parent's rights' and laid out the next fights over curriculum and school choice.
- FBI built an "EDUOFFICIALS" tag and opened 25 assessments on school-board "threats." Prosecutions found: none
The FBI created an 'EDUOFFICIALS' threat tag and opened 25 assessments on school-board threats.
- Five years later, the Loudoun dad behind the NSBA's Virginia example gets his say at Main Justice
Five years after his arrest at a Loudoun school board meeting, Scott Smith told DOJ leaders the government 'used my family's tragedy as their blueprint.'
- DOJ steps into Loudoun locker-room case as boys' families say they were suspended for speaking up
Then-Acting AG Todd Blanche says DOJ moved to intervene in a Loudoun lawsuit by families whose sons say they were suspended after a locker-room objection.
- The Loudoun timeline the establishment got wrong, 2021 to 2026
From the Stone Bridge assault to DOJ's 2026 report: a Loudoun timeline, and what the people in charge got wrong at each step.
- Parents can now see the FBI files opened on them. Here's what Virginians should ask for
DOJ says parents can review FBI files opened under the Garland memo.
- "Essentially over the course of a weekend": How the Garland memo went from NSBA letter to federal policy in five days
DOJ's report says the Garland memo was produced 'essentially over the course of a weekend.'
