President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called for the prosecution of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for perpetuating attacks against law enforcement on Wednesday during a “Roundtable on ANTIFA” at the White House.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, federal officers from CBP and ICE were recently ambushed by a convoy of roughly ten vehicles in what officials described as a “coordinated assault” by domestic extremists against law enforcement.
Chicago police, however, were explicitly ordered to stand down and ignore the distress calls from federal agents.
“The governor knew about it, the mayor knew about it,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday, while suggesting criminality.
Trump called for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be jailed on Truth Social this morning, stating, “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!“
When questioned on whether he has asked the Justice Department to look into charging the disgraced mayor and governor, Trump did not say, but he did describe the move to have police stand down as “illegal.”
Trump passed the question to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who said the elected officials in Illinois “should absolutely be prosecuted.”
Noem further revealed that police in Portland were witnessed by ICE officers “cheering” with “fists in the air” for Antifa terrorists that were calling for the murder of ICE officers. “Those kind of individuals who are perpetuating murder should absolutely be prosecuted, in my opinion,” she said.
WATCH:
Reporter: You said the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois should be jailed. Have you asked the Justice Department to look at possible charges?
Trump: I’ve seen the law, and when you have a group of people where the police call off the safety for ICE officials, I’ve understood that, and I’ve read it today in numerous journals, that that’s illegal. What they did is the— I guess it was ICE Kristi, right? They were under threat, and the police were helping beautifully, it was fine, and then all of a sudden, a woman was on the line, saying, everybody move back, move back, get out, get out. And they were given an order by the second person in the police department, and the governor knew about it, the mayor knew about it. I understand that’s a criminal offense. You want to comment on that Kristi?
Noem: Sir, we’re seeing that kind of pattern happen with local law enforcement and state law enforcement, not just in Illinois, but also out in Oregon too. In fact, in Portland, I was there yesterday, but some of the ICE officers were telling me that as they drove by the rioters that were saying, “kill ICE agents,” “Molotov cocktails melt ICE,” that the Portland Police were cheering them on and had their fists in the air cheering on the rioters that were threatening their lives. So, in Chicago, we had a ten car caravan trail our ICE officials and pin them down. And those ICE officials to get out of their vehicles, a woman tried to ram them and run them over, and shots were fired to get them to safety. So, it’s happening on a regular basis, and any elected official that allows this to happen and gives cover to those kind of individuals who are perpetuating murder should absolutely be prosecuted, in my opinion.