Republican senators and congressmen, along with parent groups and various activists, have questioned whether Garland has a conflict of interest related to this issue because his daughter’s husband, Xan Tanner, co-founded Panorama Education, which claims it has made its way into thousands of schools in the United States, selling race-focused student and teacher surveys and conducting training on systemic racism and oppression, white supremacy, implicit bias, and intersectionality, all under the rubric of "Social-Emotional Learning.” The memo was released a few days after the National School Boards Association argued to Biden that “the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes." The attorney general's memo alleged that there has been a "disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff who participate in the vital work of running our nation's public schools.” It said the DOJ will "discourage these threats, identify them when they occur, and prosecute them when appropriate.” Johnson then asked again, and the attorney general dodged twice more. Garland dodged the question, saying, “This memorandum is aimed at violence and threats of violence.” The very curricula that your son-in-law is selling.” The Republican then asked if Garland had DOJ ethics officials look into this. Johnson retorted: “The question is, the thing that has concerned those parents that are showing up at these school board meetings, the very basis of their objection and their vigorous debate, as you mentioned earlier, is the curricula. GARLAND "CAN'T IMAGINE" LABELING PROTESTING PARENTS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS “I am very familiar with it, and I want to be clear once again that there’s nothing in this memorandum which has any effect on the kinds of curriculums that are taught or the ability of parents to complain about the kinds of curriculums that are taught,” Garland said. It also concerns us that your actions may have been motivated by your family’s financial stake in this issue.” He asked Garland if he was familiar with the federal regulations related to impartiality for executive branch officials. This is concerning to us, and it’s worthy of investigation. Johnson added: “Your memo appears to have been motivated by politics more than any pressing federal law enforcement need. Attorney General, millions of Americans are deeply concerned today that instead of addressing the most pressing issues facing our country, we’re watching the Biden-Garland Justice Department be weaponized,” Johnson said, pointing to the DOJ memo "It concerns us that it was issued just five days after the National School Board Association sent a letter to President Biden which referred to concerned parents as the equivalent of domestic terrorists and perpetrators of hate crimes.” The attorney general instead repeatedly said the DOJ memo simply had to do with addressing threats and violence and that no one, including him, could possibly have a conflict of interest related to it.
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