Catholic group calls for probe of justice department official for anti-religious bias
September 12, 2022 | New York
Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, on Thursday sent a letter to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz calling for an investigation of a department official for apparent anti-religious bias.
As The Daily Signal first reported on Monday, Eric P. Bruskin, assistant director of the commercial litigation branch in the Justice Department’s Civil Division, called the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom a “hate group” in a comment on LinkedIn.
Bruskin’s former colleague, Jason Weida, had written on LinkedIn that he was “honored to speak with [senior counsel] Matt Sharp” at an Alliance Defending Freedom conference. Bruskin commented in response to Weida’s post: “Jason, this is a hate group. You’re speaking at a conference for a hate group. Are these the beliefs you hold? If so, then it’s time we end our professional association.”
Fred Lucas and Roman Jankowski, writing for The Daily Signal, contended that Bruskin “appeared to follow the lead of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing group that regularly brands Alliance Defending Freedom and other conservative organizations ‘hate groups.’”
The Justice Department’s public affairs specialist declined The Daily Signal’s request for comment, Lucas and Jankowski noted. …. (Excerpt from Daily Signal)
