Biden-Era Lawfare Against Parents and Trump Supporters Previews Democrat Conduct If Given Congressional Power
Source: Brianna Lyman. "Report On Biden Lawfare Shows What Dems Will Do With Power." October 7, 2026. thefederalist.com
The Gist
The author argues that newly revealed documents prove the Biden White House secretly pushed the Justice Department to investigate parents who protested at school board meetings, and that similarly, Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation improperly targeted journalists and small-dollar Trump donors. She concludes that this pattern shows Democrats will abuse government power against political opponents, and that voters should keep this in mind before the midterms because a Democrat-controlled Congress could do the same thing through subpoenas and committee investigations.
Conclusion
Voters should remember, ahead of the midterms, that if Democrats regain control of Congress, they will use subpoena power and committee leadership to investigate and harass political opponents, just as the Biden administration did via DOJ and Jack Smith's prosecutorial efforts.
Premises
- A new DOJ report reveals that the Biden White House directly pressured the Department of Justice to find a federal 'hook' to prosecute parents who protested at school board meetings, despite senior DOJ officials initially questioning the constitutionality of such action.
- The Garland Memorandum, prompted by an NSBA letter equating parental protest to domestic terrorism, led the FBI to open 25 preliminary assessment files on ordinary parents for voicing opposition to CRT curricula and Covid policies.
- The Biden administration coordinated with the NSBA on talking points to counter parents opposing critical race theory and transgender ideology in schools.
- Special Counsel Jack Smith, a Garland appointee, obtained communications from over a dozen media outlets (including journalists critical of Biden) and personal financial/address information of nearly 5,000 Americans who donated to Trump, as part of the 'Arctic Frost' investigation.
- These targeted groups—parents, journalists, and political donors—were engaged in ordinary, legal acts of political participation (protesting, reporting, donating) rather than any criminal activity.
- A Democrat-controlled Congress would possess subpoena power and committee leadership independent of the White House, enabling similar investigative harassment of opponents even without holding the presidency.
Assumptions
- Past conduct by Biden administration officials (DOJ, White House staff) is representative of the Democratic Party as a whole, not isolated individual actions.
- Congressional Democrats would be willing and likely to replicate executive-branch-style investigatory tactics using legislative tools like subpoenas.
- The actions described (targeting parents, journalists, donors) were primarily motivated by political retaliation rather than legitimate law enforcement or security concerns.
- Voters can and should use this historical pattern as a predictive indicator of future behavior if power shifts.
- The NSBA's letter and subsequent DOJ actions were causally and intentionally linked to suppressing dissent rather than addressing genuine safety concerns raised independently of politics.