Overview
- Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said the Justice Department will examine whether federal law was broken during the synagogue disruption.
- Activists with Climate Defiance interrupted Rep. Tom Suozzi’s Wednesday night appearance at a Long Island Jewish temple, using props and profane taunts captured in widely viewed video.
- Protesters focused on Suozzi’s vote for a DHS appropriations bill that included roughly $10 billion more for ICE, a decision he later said he regretted.
- Comedian and activist Walter Masterson was removed by security as he tried to read names of people he said died in ICE-related incidents, declaring that nine people were killed this month.
- Suozzi was among a small number of House Democrats who supported the measure, with reports differing on the exact vote count and margin.