We have known for years about an anti-Catholic cell group in the FBI that was operative under President Joe Biden. It spied on practicing Catholics, not just those who were dubbed “radical-traditionalist Catholics” (RTCs).

We now know, thanks to FBI Director Kash Patel and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, how widespread it was. Indeed, the extent of this unconstitutional probe was far greater than we were led to believe by former FBI Director Christopher Wray.

At Patel’s confirmation hearing on Jan. 30, President Donald Trump’s nominee told Sen. Josh Hawley of his “commitment to investigate” the FBI’s probe of Catholics.

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