The expected incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says that when Democrats take over the chamber, they plan to investigate the rise in hate crimes and the ways President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric may be enabling it. In a letter to top administration officials on Tuesday, New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler said the Trump administration appears focused on “targeting specific racial and ethnic minorities as the suspected main sources of domestic terrorism." He pointed to the Homeland Security Department’s plans to track Muslims and the FBI’s focus on “Black Identity Extremism" as part of a “concerning trend.
Political Cornflakes: Are Trump’s rhetoric and policies tied to a rise in hate crimes? House Democrats plan to investigate that question.
