Merkley, Wyden, Blumenauer, Bonamici Call for Investigations Into Fed. Ops in Portland

[Nevilledog]

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-wyden-blumenauer-bonamici-call-for-investigations-into-federal-operatives-in-portland-2020?fbclid=IwAR1bPZZn6CKNqwI3WvFNcPyqImbhiaWQ1t8hyPfjfaQqdJb_1csdtlNCOYY

Merkley, Wyden, Blumenauer, Bonamici Call for Investigations Into Federal Operatives in Portland

The request for Inspector General investigations follows the shooting of a protester, and arrests by unmarked federal forces

Friday, July 17, 2020
PORTLAND, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, with U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, today announced that they will be asking the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offices of Inspector General to investigate the unrequested presence and violent actions of federal forces in Portland.

The request for investigations follows federal operatives shooting a peaceful protester in the head, causing serious injury and hospitalization, and reports and video recordings of unmarked federal agents grabbing protesters from the streets and taking them to unmarked minivans.
“DHS and DOJ are engaged in acts that are horrific and outrageous in our constitutional democratic republic,” Merkley said. “First, they are deploying paramilitary forces with no identification indicating who they are or who they work for. Second, these agents are snatching people off the street with no underlying justification. Both of these acts are profound offenses against Americans. We demand not only that these acts end, but also that they remove their forces immediately from our state. Given the egregious nature of the violations against Oregonians, we are demanding full investigations by the Inspectors General of these departments.”

“Oregonians’ demand for answers about this occupying army and its paramilitary assaults in Portland at the direction of Donald Trump and Chad Wolf cannot be stonewalled,” Wyden said. “That’s not how it works in a democracy. It’s painfully clear this administration is focused purely on escalating violence without answering my repeated requests for why this expeditionary force is in Portland and under what constitutional authority. Simply put, the Office of Inspector General must investigate Trump’s assault on Americans’ constitutional rights now.”

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. sure, good luck with that folks...

[Blecht]

2. Glad they're on record

But the orange baboon will just fire the IG.