Oregon Democrat Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are demanding a full investigation of "The unrequested presence and violent actions of federal forces in Portland." Law-abiding Oregon citizens are not their primary concern.
Neither is the safety of federal personnel trying to protect federal property.
These pitiful excuses for public servants, along with other congressional Democrats, are all torn up about the welfare of the rioters who have committed unprovoked assaults on federal enforcement officers standing their ground on federal premises.
As for President Trump's authority to deploy federal law enforcement officers to protect federal property, Congress has exercised its own constitutional legislative powers in delegating such authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
As Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany noted during Tuesday's White House briefing, "When a federal courthouse is being lit on fire, commercial fireworks being shot at it, being shot at the officers, I think that that falls pretty well within the limits of 40 U.S. Code 1315. Under the law, we believe that agents can conduct investigations of crimes committed against federal property or federal officers. And in the case where you have someone shooting off a commercial-grade firework and then running across the street, we don't believe that that extends past our jurisdiction."
DHS has chronicled the escalating acts of destruction and aggression against federal personnel on federal property during the ensuing days and weeks.
Physical assaults of federal law enforcement officers defending federal property have occurred multiple times, including one officer hit with blows from a hammer, the throwing of dangerous objects at federal officers, attempting to cause eye damage to officers with commercial grade lasers, and launching mortar style fireworks toward the entrance of the federal courthouse building.
Neither is the safety of federal personnel trying to protect federal property.
These pitiful excuses for public servants, along with other congressional Democrats, are all torn up about the welfare of the rioters who have committed unprovoked assaults on federal enforcement officers standing their ground on federal premises.
As for President Trump's authority to deploy federal law enforcement officers to protect federal property, Congress has exercised its own constitutional legislative powers in delegating such authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
As Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany noted during Tuesday's White House briefing, "When a federal courthouse is being lit on fire, commercial fireworks being shot at it, being shot at the officers, I think that that falls pretty well within the limits of 40 U.S. Code 1315. Under the law, we believe that agents can conduct investigations of crimes committed against federal property or federal officers. And in the case where you have someone shooting off a commercial-grade firework and then running across the street, we don't believe that that extends past our jurisdiction."
DHS has chronicled the escalating acts of destruction and aggression against federal personnel on federal property during the ensuing days and weeks.
Physical assaults of federal law enforcement officers defending federal property have occurred multiple times, including one officer hit with blows from a hammer, the throwing of dangerous objects at federal officers, attempting to cause eye damage to officers with commercial grade lasers, and launching mortar style fireworks toward the entrance of the federal courthouse building.
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