Court Documents Allege Columbia Student Made Violent Antisemitic Statements in 2015
- On April 30, 2025, U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford released Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi on bail after his detention by ICE in Vermont.
- Mahdawi was detained during a citizenship process appointment due to allegations linking his activism to extremist activity, which his legal team contests as retaliation for his political speech.
- He co-founded Columbia University's Palestinian Student Union and led anti-Israel protests, while the government cited a 2015 FBI investigation that found no basis for national security threats from him.
- Judge Crawford stated Mahdawi’s conduct is protected by the First Amendment, emphasized Mahdawi is not a flight risk, and called the detention a threat to fundamental freedoms.
- Mahdawi’s release allows him to continue advocacy and defend his legal status, while Vermont officials and civil rights groups warn against using immigration laws to suppress political dissent.
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Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University anti-Israel activist who was arrested and released from a deportation facility this week at the direction of an Obama-appointed judge, allegedly said that he likes to "kill Jews," despite being painted as a "peaceful" protester by left-wing media. The post Report: Anti-Israel Activist Released by Obama-Appointed Judge Likes to ‘Kill Jews’ appeared first on Breitbart.
Court Documents Claim Student Who Led Pro-Palestine Protests Admitted to Building Guns to ‘Kill Jews’
Court documents claim that a leader of pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University once told a gun shop owner he had built guns to “kill Jews.” Immigration officials arrested Mohsen Mahdawi in April as the Trump administration continues to crack down on antisemitism and terrorist sympathizers who can be seen as a threat to U.S. national security. On Tuesday, Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, sha…
FBI Questions Columbia Activist Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Remark Court Documents - Miamistandard News
The radical student from Columbia University who was recently freed from ICE custody was questioned by the FBI in 2015 after he was said to have told the owner of a gun shop, “I like to kill Jews.” According to court papers filed by federal authorities last month, the activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, went to the gun store in the summer of 2015 and asked the owner about different guns. As of Thursday, the federal government is still trying to get Mahdaw…
Columbia student freed from jail was interviewed by FBI about 'kill the Jews' claims by informant
Mohsen Mahdawi has been freed from prison by a judge despite witness claims to police that the Palestinian-born Columbia student had made comments about his desire to "kill Jews" a decade ago.
Nets Ditch ‘Maryland Dad’, Crown Mahdawi as New Immigration Poster Boy
With damning new evidence piling up in the case of deported MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego García and the media trapped defending his gang tattoos, there is a clear need for a new exemplar to promote against the perceived excesses of Trump immigration policy. Tonight, a new consensus poster boy may have emerged in Mohsen Mahdawi. Watch the glowing coverage garnered by Madhawi on NBC Nightly News:
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