New York Times, Trump Administration Casts Host of Policies Under Biden as Anti-Christian:

The Justice Department on Thursday accused the Biden administration of pushing policies that were unfair to Christians, releasing a report that amounted to the latest rhetorical broadside by the Trump administration over what it calls the “weaponization” of government.

The 197-page document, released by a task force led by the department, sought to portray what President Trump’s advisers contend was anti-Christian bias among those who worked for President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who is Roman Catholic. The report, which refers to decision-making at more than a dozen agencies, comes weeks after Mr. Trump publicly attacked the pope.

“The Biden administration’s policies regularly clashed with a Christian worldview and burdened traditional religious practices,” the report said. “These conflicts frequently arose over abortion, gender ideology and sexual orientation.”

The document is the Justice Department’s latest effort to argue that it is removing purported political bias from the work of prosecutors. But critics say that the department under Mr. Trump has abandoned its tradition of operating independently from the White House, including by pursuing the president’s rivals, like James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, who was indicted this week for posting a photograph last year of seashells on a beach arranged to say “86 47.” The administration argues that the image was a coded threat to kill the president.

Press Release, Task Force Publishes Report on Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias and Restoring Religious Liberty (Apr. 30, 2026):

Report details the Biden Administration’s radical efforts to punish Christians and highlights President Trump’s efforts to restore religious liberty.

Today, the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias published a report detailing how the Biden Administration’s prosecutions, policies, and practices demonstrated anti-Christian bias throughout the federal government, in accordance with Executive Order 14202. The Acting Attorney General serves as Chair of the Task Force, and the Justice Department coordinated this significant interagency effort.

Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias Pursuant to Executive Order 14202, Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias within the Federal Government (Apr. 30, 2026):

The Biden Administration generally tolerated religious beliefs that were privately held but zealously pursued actions to limit Christians’ ability to act in accordance with their faith. This affected matters of deep personal importance to nearly every American: life, family, marriage, and self-identity.

• Fox News, Trump DOJ Report Lays Bare Biden Administration’s Alleged Anti-Christian Bias
• Interfaith Alliance, Trump DOJ Report on “Anti-Christian Bias” Is Abominably Hypocritical
• National Review, Biden Administration Persecuted Christians with ‘Traditional Biblical Views,’ DOJ Report Reveals
• New York Post, Biden Admin ‘Zealously’ Probed ‘Traditional’ Christians — Even Keeping Tabs on Priests: DOJ Report
• Politico, Trump Administration Report Accuses Biden of Anti-Christian Bias
• Tax Notes, DOJ Accuses Biden IRS of Targeting Churches, Nonprofits
• Washington Post, Trump Task Force Report Alleges Anti-Christian Discrimination Under Biden Administration

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