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'COWARD': Hearing ERUPTS over liberal DA's policies

Fox News May 16, 2026 7m 1,301 words
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"THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS SANCTUARY STATES MUST END A POLICY. IT'S NEW. AND IT ENDANGERS HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS. WASHINGTON STATE IS ONE OF SEVERAL BLOCKING OR TRYING TO BLOCK AGENTS FROM GETTING UNDERCOVER LICENSE PLATES FOR USE IN THEIR OPERATIONS. THE DOJ SAYS THAT IS RISKY. AND IT WROTE..."

[0:00] THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS [0:02] SANCTUARY STATES MUST END A [0:04] POLICY. [0:04] IT'S NEW. [0:06] AND IT ENDANGERS HOMELAND [0:08] SECURITY AGENTS. [0:09] WASHINGTON STATE IS ONE OF [0:11] SEVERAL BLOCKING OR TRYING TO [0:13] BLOCK AGENTS FROM GETTING [0:14] UNDERCOVER LICENSE PLATES FOR [0:16] USE IN THEIR OPERATIONS. [0:18] THE DOJ SAYS THAT IS RISKY. [0:20] AND IT WROTE THIS, THIS [0:22] DISCRIMINATORY POLICY IS NOT [0:24] ONLY DEEPLY DANGEROUS AS A [0:26] MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY BUT [0:28] ALSO BLATANTLY UNLAWFUL AS A [0:29] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. [0:30] THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY [0:31] IS NOT ONLY DEPARTMENT OF [0:32] PUBLIC SAFETY. [0:33] THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE [0:35] FOCUSED ON VIRGINIA IN [0:36] PARTICULAR. [0:37] THEY PRESSED FAIRFAX COUNTY'S [0:39] ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE DISCANO [0:41] ON HIS SANCTUARY POLICIES AT [0:43] THAT RED-HOT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE [0:44] HEARING YOU SAW HERE AS IT WAS [0:46] UNFOLDING LIVE ON THE FAULKNER [0:47] FOCUS YESTERDAY. [0:48] WOULD WE BE SAFER IF HE WASN'T [0:53] IN THE COUNTRY THEN? [0:54] WOULD WE BE SAFER, YES OR NO? [0:56] WOULD WE BE SAFER IF THE MAN [0:58] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY? [1:01] I'M TRYING TO KEEP CHANGING [1:02] THE QUESTION. [1:03] I'M A DISGUSTING, PERVERTED [1:05] INDIVIDUAL PRAYING ON CHILDREN [1:07] THAT YOU DISMISSED THE CASE. [1:09] AS THE FATHER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS, [1:13] ONE OF THEM IS FIVE. [1:14] THAT IS AS SHAMEFUL AS ANYTHING [1:16] I HAVE SEEN. [1:17] QUIT DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE. [1:18] YOU CLEARLY DON'T. [1:19] ABSOLUTELY NOT. [1:20] YOU DISMISSED THE CASE AND IT'S [1:23] SHAMEFUL. [1:24] YOU'RE A COWARD. [1:25] THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:26] THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:27] THANK YOU SO MUCH. [1:28] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMOVING [1:30] THIS SECTION FROM HIS WEBSITE. [1:31] HERE IT IS ON THE SCREEN. [1:33] WHEREVER POSSIBLE, STEVE WILL [1:35] MAKE CHARGING AND PLEA DECISIONS [1:37] THAT LIMIT OR AVOID IMMIGRATION [1:38] CONSEQUENCES. [1:39] AND IF TWO PEOPLE COMMIT THE SAME [1:41] CRIME BUT ONLY ONE'S PUNISHMENT [1:43] INCLUDES DEPORTATION, THAT'S A [1:45] PERVERSION OF JUSTICE AND NOT A [1:47] REFLECTION OF THE VALUES OF [1:48] FAIRFAX COUNTY. [1:49] WATCH THIS. [1:51] WHY DID YOU CHANGE YOUR WEBSITE [1:52] LAST MONTH? [1:53] WELL, SIR, YOUR STATEMENTS ABOUT [1:54] WE'RE NOT DON'T WANT TO [1:55] PROSECUTE GUYS IS ABSOLUTELY [1:56] FALSE. [1:57] AND MY POLICIES SO FAR IN THIS [1:58] HEARING... [1:59] ARE YOU SAYING WHAT THE [2:00] SHERIFF WROTE ME IS WRONG? [2:01] WHEN YOU MAKE CAMPAIGN [2:02] STATEMENTS, THAT'S NOT... [2:03] THOSE AREN'T TRUE? [2:04] YOU'RE NOT BEING HONEST WITH [2:05] YOUR VOTERS? [2:06] THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AT [2:07] ALL, SIR. [2:08] WHAT I'M SAYING... [2:09] SURE SOUNDED LIKE IT. [2:10] IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT. [2:11] THIS IS ALMOST LAUGHABLE. [2:12] THIS IS YOUR POLICY. [2:13] YOU SAID IT RIGHT HERE. [2:14] YOU TOLD THE VOTERS, IF YOU [2:15] ELECT ME, I WILL TAKE INTO [2:16] ACCOUNT IMMIGRATION [2:17] CONSEQUENCES WHEN MAKING [2:18] CHARGING AND PLEAD DECISIONS. [2:19] THIS IS MY POLICY. [2:20] NOT WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR [2:21] HAND. [2:22] AND FOCUS WITH ME NOW, [2:24] CHAIRMAN JIM JORDAN. [2:25] LOOK, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU [2:27] THE FLOOR TO TELL US WHAT IT [2:28] WAS LIKE TO TALK DIRECTLY WITH [2:30] DISCANO AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF [2:31] HIS ANSWERS. [2:32] WELL, HE'S OBVIOUSLY GIVEN [2:35] PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO [2:36] NONCITIZENS. [2:37] IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EQUAL [2:38] TREATMENT UNDER LAW BUT WHAT [2:40] HE'S DOING WITH HIS DECISIONS [2:42] ON CHARGING AND ON A PLEA [2:44] AGREEMENTS, HE'S SAYING EXACTLY [2:46] WHAT HE SAID ON HIS WEBSITE TO [2:48] THE VOTERS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. [2:50] I WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR [2:53] IMMIGRATION STATUS, THEIR [2:54] DEPORTATION STATUS WHEN DECIDING [2:55] WHAT TO CHARGE. [2:56] YOU HAVE AN AMERICAN WHO COMMITS [2:58] ONE CRIME, SAME CRIME AS AN [3:00] ILLEGAL MIGRANT, HE'S GOING TO [3:01] GO LESSER ON THE ILLEGAL [3:02] MIGRANT. [3:03] IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EQUAL [3:05] TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW IN [3:07] THEIR UNITED STATES. [3:08] SO THAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM. [3:09] AND THEN WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT [3:11] WITH THIS SANCTUARY JURISDICTION [3:13] POLICY, IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN [3:14] FAIRFAX COUNTY. [3:15] ALMOST A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY [3:17] NOW LIVES IN A JURISDICTION [3:19] WHERE THE POLITICAL CLASS TELLS [3:21] LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT NOT TO [3:22] WORK WITH FEDERAL LAW [3:23] ENFORCEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO [3:24] ENFORCING FEDERAL LAW. [3:25] SO ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN A [3:27] THIRD OF THE COUNTRY, THAT'S [3:29] WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO STOP. [3:30] THAT'S WHY WE'VE INTRODUCED [3:31] LEGISLATION. [3:32] THAT'S WHY WE'VE INTRODUCED [3:33] LEGISLATION. [3:34] IT'S PASSED OUR COMMITTEE. [3:35] WE THINK IT WILL PASS THE HOUSE [3:36] REAL SOON. [3:37] THAT'S WHY THE JUSTICE [3:38] DEPARTMENT IS SPECIFICALLY [3:39] LOOKING INTO STEVE DISCANO [3:41] BECAUSE HE IS NOT TREATING [3:43] PEOPLE EQUALLY UNDER THE LAW. [3:44] LOOK, HE CHANGED THE [3:45] WORDING OR SOMEONE DID ON HIS [3:46] BEHALF TO SAY THAT THAT WAS THE [3:48] TRUTH ABOUT HIM AND THEY JUST [3:49] WIPED THAT RIGHT OUT. [3:50] I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HE PLANS [3:51] TO DO. [3:52] IS HE GOING TO PUT THAT BACK? [3:54] DID HE MEAN IT? [3:55] WOW. [3:56] ALL RIGHT. [3:57] THE TIMING IS INTERESTING, [3:58] HARRIS, BECAUSE IT WAS SHORTLY [3:59] AFTER WE SAID WE WANT YOU TO [4:01] COME IN TO A HEARING AND ANSWER [4:02] OUR QUESTIONS. [4:03] SHORTLY AFTER THE JUSTICE [4:04] DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THAT [4:05] THEY'RE INVESTIGATING THIS GUY, [4:06] SHAZAM, SUDDENLY HE DECIDES, [4:07] OH, I'M GOING TO CHANGE THAT [4:08] WEBSITE AND THAT'S REALLY NOT [4:09] MY POLICY EVEN THOUGH I TOLD [4:11] THE VOTERS WHO I'M SUPPOSED [4:12] TO REPRESENT THAT IT WAS MY [4:13] POLICY. [4:14] EXACTLY. [4:15] YOU MENTIONED HOW MANY [4:17] OTHER PLACES. [4:18] LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE. [4:19] CRITICS ARE GOING AFTER MARYLAND [4:21] DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN JAMIE [4:23] RASKIN FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING [4:25] SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS OR MAYBE [4:27] HE WAS FAKING IT, IGNORANCE. [4:29] I DON'T KNOW. [4:30] LET'S WATCH. [4:31] I'M CURIOUS, WHY CAN ICE NOT [4:34] PICK UP WITH ITS MASSIVE [4:35] RESOURCES, WHY CAN THEY NOT PICK [4:37] UP THE PRISONERS WHILE THEY ARE [4:39] STILL BEING HELD OR RIGHT BEFORE [4:43] THEY ARE ABOUT TO BE RELEASED OR [4:45] AT THE POINT OF DISCHARGE? [4:46] I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND [4:47] THAT. [4:48] I'M CURIOUS. [4:50] I'M CURIOUS. [4:51] I'M CURIOUS. [4:52] I'M CURIOUS. [4:53] I'M CURIOUS. [4:54] AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW IF HE [4:55] DOESN'T UNDERSTAND OR IF HE'S [4:56] TAKING IT. [4:57] BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HE [4:59] IS THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE [5:01] JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. [5:02] CHAIRMAN. [5:03] AND ICE WILL PICK THEM UP, CAN [5:05] PICK THEM UP IF THEY GET [5:06] NOTIFIED. [5:07] WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY'LL SEND A [5:09] DETAINER NOTICE AND THE LOCAL [5:11] JURISDICTION BECAUSE THE [5:12] POLITICIANS HAVE PASSED ORDINANCES [5:13] OR LAWS THAT SAY YOU CAN'T WORK [5:14] ON THE STREETS. [5:15] THEY'LL TELL THEM WHEN THE DATE [5:16] IS. [5:17] THEY'LL JUST LET THE GUY OUT. [5:18] I'VE SEEN THE FORMS. [5:19] THEY ACTUALLY STAMP ON THE FORMS. [5:20] RELEASE TO THE STREETS. [5:21] AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT TAKES [5:22] SEVERAL ICE AGENTS TO GO OUT ON [5:23] THE STREET TO GET THIS GUY [5:25] WHO'S MAYBE BEEN LET OFF FOR [5:26] AN ADDITIONAL CRIME WHO'S [5:27] SUPPOSED TO BE DEPORTED AND [5:28] THEY'VE GOT TO GO OUT AND DEAL [5:29] WITH ALL THE STUFF ON THE STREET. [5:32] THE HARASSMENT, THE DOXING, THE [5:34] TRACKING, THE BEING SPENT ON, [5:35] THE BEING ATTACKED. [5:36] THEY'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT [5:37] WHEN THEY COULD HAVE HAD ONE [5:39] AGENT SHOW UP AT THE JAIL AND [5:41] APPREHEND THE GUY THERE. [5:42] BUT THESE JURISDICTIONS SAY NO. [5:44] THEY GIVE ICE THE FINGER AND [5:45] LET THIS GUY OUT ON THE STREET. [5:46] IT'S MORE DANGEROUS TO GO [5:48] AFTER SOMEBODY WHEN THEY THINK [5:49] THEY HAVE FREEDOM AND ALL OF A [5:51] SUDDEN HOWEVER ILLEGAL THAT [5:52] FREEDOM MAY HAVE BEEN GAINED. [5:53] ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WANT TO [5:54] FIGHT. [5:55] REAL QUICKLY, DO YOU BELIEVE [5:57] RASKIN OR DO YOU THINK HE'S JUST [5:59] NOT REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT HE'S [6:01] TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF [6:02] JURISDICTION? [6:03] I THINK IT'S ALL PART OF THE [6:05] LEFT AND THIS ATTACK ON ICE. [6:07] I MEAN, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE [6:09] LEFT HAS DONE. [6:10] DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION [6:11] THEY LET IN 10 MILLION ILLEGAL [6:13] MIGRANTS. [6:14] THEN THEY CREATE SANCTUARY [6:15] JURISDICTIONS ALL OVER THE [6:16] COUNTRY REPRESENTING ALMOST A [6:17] THIRD OF THE POPULATION WHERE [6:18] IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO REMOVE [6:20] THOSE ILLEGAL MIGRANTS EVEN WHEN [6:21] THEY COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME. [6:26] THIRD, THEY DEFUND ICE. [6:28] THEY DEFUND THE GUYS WHO DO THE [6:29] REMOVING. [6:30] THAT'S THEIR THREE-PART PLAN. [6:32] DISCANO IS TAKING IT A STEP [6:33] FURTHER. [6:34] DISCANO SAYS I'M NOT EVEN GOING [6:35] TO CHARGE HIM. [6:36] I'M JUST GOING TO LET HIM GO. [6:38] THAT IS HOW RIDICULOUS THE LEFT [6:39] HAS BECOME AND THAT IS WHY WE [6:41] HAD THE HEARING YESTERDAY AND [6:43] FRANKLY THAT IS WHY THE JUSTICE [6:44] DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING [6:45] MR. DISCANO'S OFFICE. [6:46] RIGHT. [6:47] IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THEN [6:49] SANCTIONARY COMMITTEE DOESN'T [6:51] UNDERSTAND THE JURISDICTION LAWS [6:53] ABOUT SANCTIONARY CITIES AND [6:54] STATES. [6:55] I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS. [6:56] WE'LL SAY HE'S FAKING THE FUNK. [6:58] ALL RIGHT. [6:59] GOOD TO SEE YOU. [7:00] THANK YOU.

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