“They’re Behaving Like Fascists”: Rep. Jerry Nadler Denounces DHS After Aide Is Detained, Handcuffed

An aide to US Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY) was handcuffed and briefly detained by Department of Homeland Security police in his Manhattan office on Wednesday.

The video of the incident, first shared and reported on by Gothamist’s Arya Sundaram on Friday, shows DHS officers entering Nadler’s district office and accusing staff members of “harboring rioters.” An aide, whose face was blurred out, is crying while being handcuffed.

According to Robert Gottheim , Nadler’s chief of staff, who spoke with The New York Times , the federal agents were angry because the congressman’s team had seen the officers detaining migrants in the building—Nadler’s office is one floor above a federal immigration court—and because his staff had invited advocates who had also witnessed the detent