The FBI’s culture and recruiting have long favored conservative Christianity

The right’s claims about weaponization of the FBI don’t stand up to the historical test

Published in The Washington Post

The exterior of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the headquarters of the FBI, in August 2015, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

House Republicans have empaneled a Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to investigate the widespread belief on the right that the FBI and other agencies are attempting to “purge conservative views.” A recently leaked memo even fueled concern that this campaign includes investigating Catholic conservatives for their beliefs. More than 20 state attorneys general and a host of Republican officials have called for an investigation of the Bureau’s bias, “woke” culture and “religious persecution,” and even to defund the FBI.

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