Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich says her organization feels "vindication" after a new Justice Department report revealed the FBI opened dozens of assessments involving parents following a controversial Biden-era directive targeting threats against school officials, including an investigation stemming from a tip that cited one mother's membership in a "right-wing mom’s group.""My reaction and our reaction at Moms for Liberty is vindication," Descovich told Fox News Digital."We feel… we're finally being heard."Descovich said parents involved with her organization became fearful of speaking publicly after the Justice Department and FBI's response to heated school board battles beginning in 2021, claiming some received calls asking about their mental health and whether they had weapons in their homes.UNEARTHED DOJ EMAILS EXPOSE TURMOIL OVER BIDEN-ERA MEMO URGING CRACKDOWN ON PARENTSMoms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich speaks during the 2024 Joyful Warriors National Summit on Aug.
30, 2024, in Washington, D.C.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)"Parents were afraid to show up," Descovich said.
"They were afraid to lose their jobs.They were members of our organization, sometimes privately and silently standing with us, but too afraid to speak out because of what our government did in the United States of America.
We need to not forget where we were in 2021 as we go into these midterm elections."The Justice Department's Weaponization Working Group reported Monday that the FBI opened 25 "Guardian assessments" involving parents following then-Attorney General Merrick Garland's Oct.4, 2021, memorandum addressing threats against school officials.BIDEN-ERA FBI TRACKED TRUMP FAMILY TRAVEL AND WILES’ CALLS WITH LAWYERS IN SECRET PROBE: DOCSThe seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), part of the U.S.
Department of Justice, is displayed at the J.Edgar Hoover Building on August 8, 2026, in Washington, DC.
(Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)The report says...