U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) will hold a press conference next week for parents who were targeted and labeled as “domestic terrorists” by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) during the Biden administration.
In October 2021, then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memorandum to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ordering the agency to investigate “a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.”
We can never forget the reign of tyranny imposed on concerned parents by power-hungry Democrats doing the Biden Administration’s bidding. The mainstream media wants these stories of injustice buried and forgotten.
Thanks to President Trump, these parents are finally beginning… pic.twitter.com/t6pudA0MKu
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) July 9, 2025
Garland’s memorandum was issued five days after the National School Boards Association sent a letter to the Biden administration requesting that it use statutes such as the USA PATRIOT Act to stop threats and violence directed toward school board members over parents’ actions that could be “the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”
Throughout the Biden administration, parents across the nation were targeted in multiple instances with physical removals and even arrests and prosecutions for speaking out at school board meetings against issues such as COVID-19 vaccination policies, remote learning, and Critical Race Theory (CRT) and gender ideology teachings.
Ogles’ press conference, organized in coordination with the Parents Demanding Justice Alliance, will be held in Washington, D.C., on July 15 at 11:00 a.m. EST at the House Triangle on Capitol Hill.
“We can never forget the reign of tyranny imposed on concerned parents by power-hungry Democrats doing the Biden Administration’s bidding. The mainstream media wants these stories of injustice buried and forgotten,” Ogles wrote in an X post.
“Thanks to President Trump, these parents are finally beginning to see vindication—and we are working to ensure that such atrocities against American families never happen again,” he added.
The Parents Demanding Justice Alliance will continue its call for justice and systemic reform regarding how the federal government treated parents during the press conference, in which the group stated it will present a dossier featuring real parent testimonies detailing alleged abuses by the DOJ.
The group is specifically demanding a Presidential Executive Order acknowledging the wrongful targeting of parents; full restitution for victims—including legal, financial, and reputational damages, structural reforms to prevent future federal overreach, and criminal accountability for officials who abused their positions.
“This isn’t just a press conference—it’s an important step in a reckoning: a movement getting real results for those silenced, punished, and persecuted,” Kelly John Walker, founder of FreedomTalk and leader of the Parents Demanding Justice Alliance, said in an X post.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
Photo “Andy Ogles” by Andy Ogles.
