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Ocasio-Cortez asks DOJ: Am I under investigation?

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants to know if she’s in legal hot water.

In a highly unusual letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ocasio-Cortez noted that she’s been a target of repeated criticism from Tom Homan, President Trump’s "border czar," after she hosted a webinar designed to inform immigrants of their legal rights in potential confrontations with deportation agents.

Ocasio-Cortez has fiercely defended her actions, saying they were well within her First Amendment rights to free speech — an assertion she amplified to Bondi. But she still wants “clarity on whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) has yielded to political pressure........

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