Biden administration may have been directly involved in 'parent-terrorist' letter

Newly released emails show the Biden administration may have been more involved in the creation of the National School Boards Association’s controversial letter that framed parents as “domestic terrorists.”

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reportedly “solicited” the NSBA’s Sep. 29 letter that suggested the use of the Patriot Act against parents who attended school board meetings to oppose masking policies and critical race theory in their children’s curriculum, according to new documents reviewed by Fox News.

In an Oct. 5 email, NSBA Secretary-Treasurer Kristi Swett recounted that NSBA interim CEO Chip Slaven "told the officers he was writing a letter to provide information to the White House, from a request by Secretary Cardona."

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice relied on the letter to create its own memo to mobilize federal authorities in support of local education officials.

Previous emails had already shown the NSBA was in contact with the White House and Justice Department in the weeks before it published the letter. This one differs because, if true, it directly implicates a Biden official.

The emails were obtained by the parents advocacy group Parents Defending Education (PDE) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. 

"Should this allegation be true, it would reveal that this administration's pretextual war on parents came from the highest levels," PDE President Nicole Neily told Fox News.

"Attorney General Merrick Garland unequivocally stated that he based his memo on the NSBA's letter —which in turn, mobilized the FBI and US Attorneys," Neily added. "If Secretary Cardona was truly involved in this ugly episode, it is a significant breach of public trust, and he should be held accountable."

A spokesperson for the Department of Education denied Cardona solicited the letter.