Mahmoud Khalil on Filing $20M Claim Against Trump Administration: ‘I’m Trying to Set a Precedent with This Lawsuit’

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Joins us now. Mahmoud, first of all, thank you so much for coming on this morning. You know, I want to talk about your claim. First, your claim calls malicious prosecution. You weren’t charged with a crime yet. You were held for 104 days.
>> Yeah.
>> Thank you.
>> Thank you so much.
>> For.
>> For having me. As you said. I was detained for 144 days illegally.
>> I missed the. Birth of.
>> My first child.
>> All for.
>> Literally protesting and speaking out for Palestine and against the genocide.
>> And I was.
>> Not in.
>> Any way accused of.
>> Any crime. And there must be accountability. That’s why I’m bringing this lawsuit against the.
>> Administration, accountability for. Political retaliation. As the congressman before me said.
>> Trump thinks that. He’s he’s he’s above the law.
>> In fact, he.
>> Thinks that he is the law.
>> Which is very, very scary.
>> That’s why.
>> I’m trying to set.
>> A precedent.
>> With with this lawsuit. If the government.
>> Can disappear.
>> People for, for speaking out for, for protesting for being who they are for.
>> In my case.
>> For being Palestinian, for being visible and.
>> Vocal, then.
>> Then None.
>> Of us.
>> Is safe.
>> No one.
>> In this country is safe.
>> From Trump overreach and from Trump’s.
>> Like fascist agenda.
>> As we’re seeing.
>> Now across.