{"id":8541,"date":"2025-05-17T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T10:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8541"},"modified":"2025-05-17T10:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T10:10:12","slug":"aoc-fears-arrest-as-she-has-not-heard-back-from-department-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=8541","title":{"rendered":"AOC Fears Arrest As She Has Not Heard Back From Department Of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she has not received a response from the Department of Justice to inform her if she is being investigated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8542\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/465272480_122124057626461734_5583671522986215587_n-4.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Independent reporter Nicholas Ballasy confronted her in the Capitol and asked if she was concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, congresswoman, can you tell us, are you under investigation by DoJ? Have they told you yet? Have they responded?\u201d the reporter said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, they haven\u2019t been respond \u2014 I asked them, they haven\u2019t responded to me, but, you know, once again, I\u2019m fully using the First Amendment to inform people of their constitutional rights. They say a lot of things, but I\u2019ve written a formal letter and they won\u2019t respond,\u201d the representative said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7063311234970495\" data-ad-slot=\"2702911965\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_1_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?client=ca-pub-7063311234970495&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;slotname=2702911965&amp;adk=1445025086&amp;adf=2098573761&amp;pi=t.ma~as.2702911965&amp;w=580&amp;abgtt=6&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1747411963&amp;rafmt=1&amp;format=580x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Farrest-justice-91594%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawKVPuJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqSEVmMnFGanh5dUc1Q2V1AR6k8JIV8TB4hTlwcw21PxNQEN-y-UPjUUyzgVW2mXUlNIzXCSBPhFy5Jv6fCQ_aem_d3-9VoCTi-8MbcCurQ7gFw&amp;fwr=0&amp;fwrattr=true&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;dt=1747476374241&amp;bpp=5&amp;bdt=3472&amp;idt=493&amp;shv=r20250514&amp;mjsv=m202505130101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D5caea9ffc0836fce%3AT%3D1729209320%3ART%3D1747423252%3AS%3DALNI_MaLqq6jU98i-I7H8gB24ShoWvz2YA&amp;gpic=UID%3D00000f0cbb758f1e%3AT%3D1729209320%3ART%3D1747423252%3AS%3DALNI_MZmJZ6PUeTyedWMGI02BcG0Yrbdtw&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3De02ba89ac0a4d3e8%3AT%3D1745712025%3ART%3D1747423252%3AS%3DAA-AfjYE85jCVhA0kIksUUBdFkpf&amp;prev_fmts=0x0&amp;nras=1&amp;correlator=2849428992781&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=120&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=864&amp;u_w=1536&amp;u_ah=824&amp;u_aw=1536&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.25&amp;adx=444&amp;ady=1666&amp;biw=1468&amp;bih=711&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=31092463%2C95353386%2C95344791%2C95360954%2C95360950&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=1559841532160986&amp;tmod=577785079&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F&amp;fc=1920&amp;brdim=-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C-7%2C1536%2C0%2C1550%2C838%2C1485%2C711&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&amp;abl=CS&amp;pfx=0&amp;cms=2&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1.04&amp;pgls=CAA.&amp;ifi=2&amp;uci=a!2&amp;btvi=1&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=498\" name=\"aswift_1\" width=\"580\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!2\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CPiC0OSgqo0DFSWFUAYdCBMIKA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat would result from a possible arrest of a lawmaker, a sitting Democrat lawmaker, over immigration by the Trump Administration?\u201d Ballasy continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, whether it\u2019s about immigration or anything else, the arrest of, I think, a lawmaker without any actual grounds, I think it represents a tremendous sea change in escalation in what this administration is willing to do to bend laws, norms, etc\u2026 Not how normal functioning democracy works,\u201d the lawmaker said, ignoring that just more than a year ago a former president and leading candidate for the presidency was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd on top of what it means for us domestically, I think globally many of our allies, partners across the world will be extremely alarmed by such authoritarian development in the United States. So I sure hope that for all the saber-rattling that this administration is doing, that they really think about the global consequences of what it means for the United States,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But Border Czar Tom Homan, Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem and others have hinted at her possible arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman organized a \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d webinar earlier this year, in which lawyers advised illegal immigrants on how to respond to interactions with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The internet forum, held in both English and Spanish, provided legal advice and distributed papers, including one declaring that immigrants \u201cdo not have to open the door\u201d for ICE officials unless they had a judge-signed warrant.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s office also supplied information on how to receive pro bono legal assistance and urged undocumented people to sign privacy release forms, which would allow her office to interfere in deportation proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez has forcefully denied any allegations that her actions were inappropriate, labeling the prospect of a federal inquiry \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Democrat Rep. 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