What happened to the five-year-old boy taken by ICE agents in Minnesota?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. A five-year-old boy was taken by ICE agents in Minnesota and is now in federal custody in Texas. NPR's Sarah Ventry reports he's the fourth child detained from the same school district over the last few weeks.
The child, Liam Conejo Ramos, was taken from a running car in the family's driveway when federal immigration agents came to arrest his father. That's according to Zena Stenvik, the Columbia Heights Public Schools superintendent, the district where the boy is a student. She claims the child was used as bait to bring his family members out of their home.
In a post on X, DHS says the child was abandoned by his parents and that's why he was taken. They've confirmed that both the child and his father are being held at the Dilley Detention Center outside of San Antonio in Texas. DHS continues to say that it's taking dangerous criminals off the streets of Minneapolis and that its officers have made over 3,000 arrests in the last six weeks.
Sarah Ventry, NPR News, Minneapolis.
Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his investigations of President Trump as he fielded questions from congressional Republicans today. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports.
Jack Smith presided over two criminal indictments of Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election and for hiding secret documents at his Florida resort. Neither case got to a jury before Trump returned to the White House last year. Smith says he had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases and that he was not motivated by politics.
He says if he had any regrets, it was not expressing enough support for the prosecutors and FBI agents who worked on the cases. Many of those public servants have been fired by the Trump administration. Some have faced threats, he says, for doing their jobs. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump is suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, alleging that the country's biggest bank closed his accounts for political reasons after the January 6th Capitol riot. NPR's Maria Aspin reports.
The president is seeking $5 billion in damages. He alleges that JPMorgan Chase closed his accounts in 2021 after the January 6th attacks on the U.S. Capitol as a result of, quote, political and social motivations. A JPMorgan Chase spokesperson tells NPR via email that the lawsuit has no merit. and that the bank, quote, does not close accounts for political or religious reasons.
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