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DOJ 'Reviewing' Whether Oakland Mayor Who Warned of ICE Raid Broke Any Laws
Townhall.com ^ | March 1, 2018 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 03/01/2018 7:35:26 AM PST by Kaslin

The Department of Justice is reviewing whether Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf obstructed justice when she warned constituents about an upcoming raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

“Earlier today, I learned from multiple credible sources that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to conduct an operation in the Bay Area, including Oakland, starting as soon as within the next 24 hours,” Schaaf said Saturday.

“As Mayor of Oakland, I am sharing this information publicly not to panic our residents but to protect them,” she added.

Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan slammed Schaaf for giving the warning and said Wednesday the DOJ is “reviewing” whether she broke any laws in doing so.

ICE arrested more than 150 people this week in Operation Keep Safe in the San Francisco Bay Area. Those targeted were “in violation of federal U.S. immigration laws.”

Homan suggested the number could’ve been higher if it weren’t for Schaaf’s warning, however.

He said 864 illegal immigrants and public safety threats “remain at large in the community and I have to believe that some of them were able to elude us thanks to the mayor’s irresponsible decision.”

What she did is tantamount to a gang lookout warning of a police presence in the neighborhood, “except she did it to a whole community,” he explained on “Fox & Friends.”

Schaaf is unfazed by the criticism, tweeting Tuesday that “It is Oakland’s legal right to be a sanctuary city and we have not broken any laws. We believe our community is safer when families stay together.”

And on Wednesday she doubled down, saying, “I continue to feel confident that what I did was the right thing and it was legal."

“I did not give specific information that could have endangered law enforcement,” she continued. “I encouraged people to not panic but to know their rights, to know their responsibilities and to know about the unique resources that are available in this community.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; california; doj; ice; libbyschaaf; oakland; sanfrancisco
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To: HotHunt

I’d like to know when the DOJ, Sessions etc is going to start to investigate Clinton, why that corrupt witch has not been arrested, or even charged is pissing me off.
Any of us had done half of what she has would now be in a federal prison.


61 posted on 03/01/2018 2:49:54 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: gathersnomoss
***Come on Trump, move the stone***

Don't we all HOPE!?

62 posted on 03/01/2018 3:05:35 PM PST by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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To: Kaslin

That “reviewing” word... again.


63 posted on 03/01/2018 3:07:08 PM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

great nickname, lol!


64 posted on 03/01/2018 3:27:30 PM PST by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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To: All

Legal expert Captain Obvious has been asked to review the applicable laws.


65 posted on 03/01/2018 5:05:30 PM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: manc
Getting pissed off raises my blood pressure.

Let it roll off your back since you can't control what happens to Hillary.

I used to be a mortgage banker. We had a saying.

Getting upset about something you don't control is like interest on a loan you don't owe.

You don't owe it, so why get upset about it?

66 posted on 03/01/2018 5:26:02 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: Kaslin

ICE needs to call a press confrence and go over a few of the missing dreamers. For example talk about Juan Illegal who has jumped bail on rape of a 13 year old, or Pedro Illegal who robbed and shot some 89 year old granny. Put faces to the mayors’s treason.


67 posted on 03/01/2018 6:12:18 PM PST by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next?)
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To: HotHunt
I always laugh when I see these chiefs and sheriffs wearing 4 stars.

Did they come up the ranks, Bird Colonel, Brig. Gen, Major General, Lt. General, to reach 4 stars.

What about the Podunk police chief with 4 stars and maybe one or two sergeants in the whole force.

Even Gaddafi of Libya had enough sense to only call himself a Colonel.

68 posted on 03/02/2018 9:25:17 AM PST by Dustoff45 ( The secret to success - Love God, Israel and the unborn child.)
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To: Kaslin
not to panic our residents but to protect them,

Just because I found you snuck into the house while I wasn't looking and moved into the back bedroom, ate my food and messed up the furniture, no, don't panic while I get my shotgun. You have rights and I had a nice house and you wanted it for yourself. Don't panic, while I call 911 to get you out of here.

Oh, and while you are at it, I see you have mail that you had sent here to my address. Oh, and the school called to say that the school bus stops down at the corner at 7:30.

Don't panic while you take what you want for yourself, although you ever earned the right to have it.

What do you mean that calling 911 is a threat to your freedom. You are the one that acted on your sense of freedom to break into my house, come to this city, violate the sovereignty of our nation. And I am just supposed to roll over and let you do whatever you want.

There is a reason folks voted for Mr. Trump. We are sick of these liberal politicians stealing from us and giving to the trespassers.

69 posted on 03/02/2018 9:38:41 AM PST by Dustoff45 ( The secret to success - Love God, Israel and the unborn child.)
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To: Liz

Michael Savage was all over this story. It’s unbelievable!


70 posted on 03/02/2018 5:10:17 PM PST by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: tcrlaf

She wants to go to jail so she can run for high office in the future. Looking to become a martyr.

She’s a dog whistle for criminals. This one is terribly bold for a public official. She must pay the price for this!


71 posted on 03/02/2018 5:13:38 PM PST by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: poconopundit

Thanks-——Savage nailed it but good.

These sanctimonious left-wingers are disgusting.

She abandoned Oakland residents....now they need to teach her a lesson.


72 posted on 03/02/2018 10:42:37 PM PST by Liz ((Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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To: Kaslin
You have to consider that Libby Schaaf is the Mayor of Oakland because she had enough idiots that voted for her and support her now. They deserve any and all of the grief and expense that illegal aliens might bring to them.
73 posted on 03/02/2018 10:54:32 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: manc

Not one of them seem the tiniest bit concerned either.


74 posted on 03/03/2018 12:12:58 PM PST by riri
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To: riri

It is sickening to what is going on.


75 posted on 03/03/2018 12:25:37 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Williams

There is simply no way in hell the DOJ would ever bring charges against any liberal female or minority for any felony except maybe murder — but it would have to be on tape.


76 posted on 03/03/2018 12:41:36 PM PST by Baynative ( "If you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu.")
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To: Kaslin

And how long do these investigations need to last? Seems like DOJ Swampsters are doing the same thing their Congress Swampster cousins are doing with DJT’s nominations.... delay, delay, delay. No more delay!


77 posted on 03/03/2018 12:44:48 PM PST by Kalamata (Meat hooks for Tyrants)
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To: Liz; LS; SunkenCiv

‘ITEM-—anyone can file a RICO-—you dont need a lawyer-—plenty of how-tos on the net.’

Absolutely, Liz!

RICO is supposed to be used to fight racketeering. They frequently use it to chase after tax evaders and pot growers, for crying out loud.

But this is a rock solid point — this is systematic crime to aid and abet systematic crime. It involved crossing NATIONAL borders and thus it is under federal jurisdiction.

It could even arguably be called a foreign invasion. Thus, it is espionage as well — supporting foreign enemies, such as MS-13, drug cartels, and human traffikers who support the enemy cause of Re Conquista, ‘conquest’.


78 posted on 04/13/2018 2:24:58 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Never forget that Obama enabled drug runners into US for Iran.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Arthur Wildfire! March.

79 posted on 04/13/2018 5:34:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
...... this is systematic crime to aid and abet systematic crime. It involved crossing NATIONAL borders and thus it is under federal jurisdiction.
It could even arguably be called a foreign invasion. Thus, it is espionage as well — supporting foreign enemies, such as MS-13, drug cartels,
and human traffickers who support the enemy cause of Re Conquista, ‘conquest’.........

Beautiful.......you nailed it but good.

80 posted on 04/13/2018 7:14:56 AM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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