‘Squad’ lawmaker’s ex-con husband swats cellphone from interviewer making an attempt to query spouse

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The felony-convicted husband of progressive "squad" lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., slapped a cellphone out of a reporter's arms Monday inside a metropolis corridor constructing after they tried to method the congresswoman to ask her a query about alleged childcare fraud in Minnesota.

"Congresswoman Pressley, do you assist –" the interviewer may very well be heard asking as he approached Pressley together with his cellphone digicam on report earlier than Conan Harris, Pressley's husband who spent 10 years in prison on felony drug trafficking expenses, smacked the cellphone out of the questioner's hand.

"Sir, you can not take my cellphone out of my hand," the questioner may very well be heard saying, earlier than the cellphone was picked again up and returned to focus. Harris spent 10 years in jail on a drug trafficking cost earlier than marrying Pressley, who mentioned she attracts from his expertise of reintegrating into common society after leaving jail to assist inform how she advocates for incarcerated, or beforehand incarcerated, people.

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The incident befell Monday at Chelsea Metropolis Corridor positioned in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., (left) is seen juxtaposed subsequent to a picture of her husband Conan Harris (proper). (Getty Photographs)

In the meantime, the cameraman tried to focus the image on Harris after his cellphone was knocked out of his hand, however Harris was seen strolling into what seemed to be a rest room, or some kind of room off the hallway they had been positioned in, as soon as he was in a position to re-focus the digicam.

As an alternative, the interviewer went again to Pressley and tried a second time to get his query in.

"Congresswoman Pressley, do you assist President Trump investigating Somali childcare fraud in Minnesota?" he requested because the Massachusetts Democrat walked away, guarded by her entourage of staffers. "Congresswoman Pressley?"

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., (proper) and her husband Conan Harris (left). (Joseph PREZIOSO / AFP) (Picture by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP through Getty Photographs)

The lawmaker was being pressed on the problem on the identical day the Trump administration introduced it will be freezing $10 billion in federal funds going to childcare throughout 5 blue states, which follows stories of social companies fraud involving the Somali neighborhood in Minnesota.

The states impacted will probably be California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.

An official from the Workplace of Administration and Finances reportedly advised Axios that the maintain is because of each fraud and the supply of funds to undocumented immigrants.

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Pressley didn't reply to Fox Information Digital's request for remark.

KSTP reporter Jay Kolls investigated alleged fraud dedicated at Minnesota daycare facilities in January 2025. (Screenshot/KSTP 5)

"The fraud in California, New York and Illinois is much larger than in Minnesota," Donald Trump's former Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) head, Elon Musk, mentioned this week. "My guess for the way a lot fraud is going on nationwide is roughly 10% of the Federal price range, so about $700 billion per 12 months."