Federal Agents Handcuff and Detain New York City Mayoral Candidate

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“Where is it? Where is the warrant?”

On Tuesday, Lander—one of the major candidates in New York’s Democratic primary for mayor and the city’s current comptroller—was detained by law enforcement officials while attempting to escort a man out of an immigration court building. “I will let go when you show me the judicial warrant,” Lander told the agents while holding on to the man they were apparently arresting.

The Department of Homeland Security quickly accused Lander of “assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer.”

Lander's detainment is one of several against Democratic lawmakers since Donald Trump's return to power.

This retribution campaign, though long promised, has proven sweeping and egregious, targeting everyone from law firms that cross him to the highest levels of the Democratic Party. But the administration has been particularly aggressive about wielding it against opponents of Trump’s other signature initiative—his mass-deportation policy.

The result: a shocking series of Democratic lawmakers and other public officials who have been detained, arrested, and even prosecuted by the feds.

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