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The FBI briefly investigated whites-only California church in 2002. Read the report

Records obtained by The Sacramento Bee through the Freedom of Information Act show that the FBI investigated the Asatru Folk Assembly in the early 2000s. [Read The Bee’s investigation into the AFA here.]

The FBI had received a report from the California Highway Patrol office in Grass Valley that its leaders were “actively recruiting young white males and females to their ‘church.’ ” The matter was quickly closed with the FBI agent citing “lack of criminal activity.” Below is the heavily redacted investigative narrative.

This story was originally published November 7, 2021 at 5:00 AM.

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