House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a press briefing on Thursday where he was asked about potential ramifications in the aftermath of the incident at an ICE facility in Newark involving Democratic lawmakers.
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00:00Questions?
00:02Can you be more specific about what would happen if there were to be an arrest?
00:10Can you be more specific if there were to be an arrest or if there were to be sanctions against these Democrats?
00:16Let's be clear.
00:16You just said last time.
00:17Let's be clear.
00:18You said they'll find out.
00:19Let's be clear.
00:20Right.
00:21They will find out.
00:23To the extent that they cross any red lines that have been made explicitly clear to them.
00:32There is zero basis to hold any member of Congress accountable, either as a result of House floor action or activity based on weaponizing federal law enforcement against members of the Democratic Party.
00:54There's no evidence to suggest that any member of Congress who was in Newark visiting the detention facility in connection with their oversight authority has done anything wrong.
01:16No videos have been produced suggesting that they've engaged in any inappropriate activity.
01:25And if those videos existed, certainly they would have been put into the public domain by now.
01:35Those videos haven't been released because they don't exist.
01:39The members of Congress, Bonnie Watson, Coleman, LaMonica, MacGyver, and Rob Menendez, were the ones who were subjected to overly aggressive behavior by people who are weaponizing the authority of the federal government as part of some effort to try to intimidate
02:08House Democrats.
02:09House Democrats.
02:10It's not happening.
02:12They will not be successful as it relates to their efforts to intimidate us.
02:19Not today, not tomorrow, not next week, not next month, not next year, not ever.