Jessica Mendoza

The government later filed to charge Reed with felony assault of a federal official, a charge punishable with up to 20 years in prison.

Hannah and her team found that the push to charge more people for assaulting federal officers, like what happened to Reid, is an administration-wide strategy.

A Trump administration spokesperson says federal officers face daily threats.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Department of Justice have pledged to prosecute these cases aggressively.

This strategy can even be heard in Reed's tape, recorded while she was in the back of the government car.

One of the two ICE officers in the car mentioned to his partner that he had spoken with the U.S.

Attorney's Office earlier that day.

The U.S.

Attorney's Office told him they were, quote, on standby.

How would you describe the online presence of DHS?

Many of these accusations, often from the handles at DHSgov and at ICEgov, are posted online before anyone is convicted of a crime.

This is what happened to Reid.

A week after she was arrested, her mugshot went up on the official ICE account on X. The post says, quote, "'Assault an officer or agent.

Get arrested.

It's not rocket science.'"

A former DHS spokeswoman said all of the agency's statements go through a thorough review process.

It was these posts that allowed Hannah and her team to figure out who exactly DHS was accusing of assault.

They found that 279 people were accused online of assaulting a federal officer.

And more than half, 64%, were U.S.

citizens.