U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) suggested during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” that Trump Administration officials could be arrested for “interfering with a legal proceeding,” which he referred to as “kidnapping.”
Raskin, like many elected Democrats, has elevated a number of deported illegal aliens to hero status in recent weeks. The party has rallied around suspected MS-13 gang member and alleged human trafficker Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was deported to his country of origin.
Democrats have accused the Trump Administration of “kidnapping” and “disappearing” Abrego Garcia and are demanding his return, despite the fact that an immigration judge previously ordered his removal due to his gang ties.
“I regard it very much within the prism of what we’ve been dealing with over the last month, which is an intense assault on judicial independence. They have been disobeying federal court orders systematically,” Raskin told Maddow.
The far-left congressman then made the bizarre claim that Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee who is pursuing contempt proceedings against Trump officials in a highly questionable move, is a “conservative Republican.”
“They have been demanding the impeachment of judges who rule against the lawlessness of the Trump administration.