MADISON, Wisconsin (LifeSiteNews) – U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) has asked President Joe Biden’s top law enforcement and national security officials why they have not investigated the firebombing of a pro-life group’s office as “domestic terrorism.”
“President Biden has made no public remarks, and neither the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), nor the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued a statement condemning this attack,” Sen. Johnson wrote in his May 13 letter. He sent the letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
He noted that a group called “Jane’s Revenge” had allegedly taken credit for the arson at Wisconsin Family Action’s office.
Sen. Johnson criticized the Biden administration for not taking action against leftist violence and attempts to intimidate justices, in violation of the law. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin Republican pointed out, Attorney General Garland had ordered federal oversight and crackdown on parents attending school board meetings to protest mask mandates or transgender policies.
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“There are currently mobs outside of the residences of the Supreme Court Justices appointed by Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump,” Sen. Johnson wrote. “The intimidation of sitting Supreme Court Justices is a clear violation of federal law, and, once again, DOJ, FBI, and DHS have yet to condemn these activities. Compare your silence on these events to your robust actions against parents attending public school board meetings to voice their concerns about far-left ideologies being integrated into school curriculums.”
He continued:
Based on the attack on the Madison pro-life organization, Jane’s Revenge fits federal agencies’ definitions of ‘domestic violent extremists’ and the attack as a ‘domestic terrorism incident.’ The FBI defines a ‘domestic terrorism incident’ as an ‘ideologically-driven criminal act, including threats or acts of violence made to specific victims, made in furtherance of a domestic ideological goal that has occurred and can be confirmed.’ Additionally, the FBI and DHS define a ‘domestic violent extremist’ as an individual ‘who seeks to further their ideological goals wholly or in part through unlawful acts of force or violence’
The attacks against a pro-life group “that could have injured or killed the office’s occupants due to differing political ideologies fits these definitions.”
“It seems, however, that DOJ and DHS reserve those definitions for parents attending school board meetings or individuals who disagree with the policies of this Administration,” Sen. Johnson wrote in his letter. He asked Wray, Mayorkas and Garland if “Jane’s Revenge” would be labeled a “domestic violent extremist organization” and what steps would be taken to investigate or stop “incidents of harassment, intimidation, and potential domestic threats against pro-life organizations.”
The regional field offices for the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) were at a May 9 press conference in Wisconsin to discuss the May 8 attack.