Today’s notice: What to watch for at the March for Life. Why Trump didn’t announce a housing plan in Davos. Another Republican attempts a comeback in Florida. Plus: Congress takes back its power of the purse.
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Whoops! A lawyer for Nekima Levy Armstrong, the Twin Cities activist arrested yesterday in connection with a protest at a local church Sunday, alleged that federal agents tackled and drove off with the wrong person at first — and had to return to the hotel where Armstrong was staying to apprehend her.
The attorney, Jordan Kushner, called the charges a “farce” and a “political circus” in a raucous news conference yesterday. He also told CNN she’s stuck in jail overnight while the Trump administration appeals her release, which was ordered by a magistrate judge earlier in the day.
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As for the “memes” of her arrest shared on government social media accounts, Kushner confirmed that they were digitally altered. “They’re willing to just completely lie, not only by their words, but to actually make up video. It’s despicable,” he said.