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‘Squad’ Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s ex-con hu sband slaps
phone out of man’s hands as he tries to ask Presslry a question

By Alec Schemmel, Fox News
Published Jan. 7, 2026

The felony-convicted husband of progressive “squad” lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., slapped a phone out of a reporter’s hands Monday inside a city hall building after they attempted to approach the congresswoman to ask her a question about alleged childcare fraud in Minnesota.

“Congresswoman Pressley, do you support –” the interviewer could be heard asking as he approached Pressley with his phone camera on record before Conan Harris, Pressley’s husband who spent 10 years in prison on felony drug trafficking charges, smacked the phone out of the questioner’s hand.

“Sir, you cannot take my phone out of my hand,” the questioner could be heard saying, before the phone was picked back up and returned to focus. Harris spent 10 years in prison on a drug trafficking charge before marrying Pressley, who said she draws from his experience of reintegrating into regular society after leaving prison to help inform how she advocates for incarcerated, or previously incarcerated, individuals.

The incident took place Monday at Chelsea City Hall located in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Meanwhile, the cameraman tried to focus the picture on Harris after his phone was knocked out of his hand, but Harris was seen walking into what appeared to be a bathroom, or some type of room off the hallway they were located in, once he was able to re-focus the camera.

Instead, the interviewer went back to Pressley and attempted a second time to get his question in.

“Congresswoman Pressley, do you support President Trump investigating Somali childcare fraud in Minnesota?” he asked as the Massachusetts Democrat walked away, guarded by her entourage of staffers. “Congresswoman Pressley?”