Biden DHS Panel Focused on Perceived Terror Threat from Pro-Trump, Religious Americans, Meeting Notes Show

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas delivers remarks at Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2023.

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A now-shuttered intelligence expert panel convened by the Department of Homeland Security focused its domestic-terrorism prevention discussions on supporters of former president Donald Trump, religious Americans, and members of the military community, according to a tranche of newly released internal documents.

The short-lived Homeland Security Intelligence Experts Group, a DHS panel that included signatories of the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter, spent a considerable amount of time deliberating on how the intelligence community can better combat domestic terrorism, especially among demographics typically associated with the political Right, documents obtained by the conservative America First Legal show.

James Lynch

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James Lynch

James Lynch is a news writer for National Review. He previously was a reporter for the Daily Caller. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and based in the Washington, D.C. area.

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