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Jasmine Crockett: “Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch ordered the violent…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 05:03

In May of 2025, McIver was participating in a lawful congressional oversight visit at Delaney hall with the Mayor of Newark and other members of Congress. During the visit, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch ordered the violent arrest of Newark Mayor Ross Baraka. According to body cam footage worn by the violent federal officers, they arrested the Mayor, quote, per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States. (05:03–05:15)

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Asserts that Deputy AG Todd Blanch ordered the arrest of Newark Mayor Ross Baraka.

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