"The indictment charges a sitting Member of Congress for conducting oversight of a controversial ICE facility and for continuing to undertake that oversight in the face of ICE obstruction that included deliberate delays, deception, an armed and masked response team of over a dozen agents, and the arrest of the Mayor of Newark in the middle of a crowd of civilians on a baseless trespassing charge."
"The government's efforts to explain statements of the President and Justice Department officials fare no better. The President's declaration that the "days of woke are over" in connection with this prosecution is evidence that the charges are based on party and ideology and are part of a broader partisan agenda of ending "wokeness." The statement is consistent with the President's actions just last weekend when-concerned that "delay" in prosecuting specific political rivals is "killing our reputation and credibility"-he pushed out a "Woke RINO" U.S. Attorney"
The indictment charges a sitting Member of Congress for conducting oversight of Delaney Hall on May 9 and for persisting despite ICE obstruction. The oversight encounter included deliberate delays, deception, an armed and masked response team of over a dozen agents, and the arrest of the Mayor of Newark in the middle of a crowd of civilians on a baseless trespassing charge. The reply was submitted after the indictment of Jim Comey, and the Comey situation was cited. The President's statements that the "days of woke are over" and his removal of a U.S. Attorney are presented as evidence of partisan intent driving prosecutions.
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