Oakland Mayor Tries to Defend her ‘Obstruction of Justice’ But Incriminates Herself EVEN MORE
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Oakland’s anti-American/pro-illegal mayor, who alerted CRIMINALS that ICE raids were coming, is now trying (and failing) to defend herself against the “obstruction of justice” claims President Trump has levied against her.
Mayor Libby Schaaf flopped when she tried to “fire back” back at Trump, claiming she did what she did, because it’s her DUTY to “keep her residents safe.”
The problem with that defense is that she endangered her ACTUAL legal citizens by alerting CRIMINAL ILLEGALS that law enforcement was coming.
Her comments came after President Trump asked his DOJ to look into charging the irresponsible, rogue mayor with “obstruction of justice.”
The mayor of Oakland, Calif., on Friday defended her intervention in immigration-related arrests that President Trump has called an obstruction of justice.
In a weekend op-ed for The Washington Post, Mayor Libby Schaaf (D) claimed she was upholding her “duty” to her residents by warning illegal immigrants in the city of an incoming federal immigration raid in February.
“As mayor, it’s my duty to protect my residents — especially when our most vulnerable are unjustly attacked. As a leader, it’s my duty to call out this administration’s anti-immigrant fearmongering for what it is: a racist lie,” Schaaf wrote, also denying the “obstruction of justice” allegation.
“Mr. President, I am not obstructing justice. I am seeking it,” she wrote, writing that the immigrants in her community “deserve justice too.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which planned to target around 1,000 people living illegally in the Bay Area city earlier this year, said Schaaf’s warning tweet prevented the arrests of nearly 800.
“I wanted to make sure that people were prepared, not panicked, and that they understood their legal rights,” she said. She said she did not share information that would put law enforcement at risk.
Trump’s has targeted Schaaf for criticism multiple times since then, including as recently as this week when the president told Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a meeting that he should consider prosecuting the mayor.
In his March announcement of a lawsuit against California for its “sanctuary state” policies, Sessions also singled out Schaaf, asking why the mayor would “needlessly endanger the lives of our law enforcement officers to promote a radical open borders agenda.”
“It was not my intention to get caught up in a national debate, but I do believe that I am speaking for the residents of my city,” Schaaf responded at the time. “The agenda of this administration is petty political vindictiveness.”