And With That Development, the GOP Should Fire the Dem Senate Parliamentarian
Top Dem Answered Questions About NYC's Lunatic Mayoral Candidate in Predictable Fashion
Wow: Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Hands Dems a Major Defeat on Congressional Maps
Here's What the Trump Administration Plans to Do Once Kilmar Abrego Garcia Is...
They Strip-Searched, Shackled, and Detained This Grandmother – They Had the Wrong Suspect
Top Putin Ally Backs Off Claim That Russia Could Supply Iran With Nukes...
Precision Over Panic: Never Underestimate American Lethality
Another Company Chooses to Invest Stateside
China Plays Dirty in Rare-Earth Magnet Trade
New Poll Gives Swing State Governor Some Bad News
Unmasked: Former High-Ranking NYS Employee Indicted for COVID-19 PPE Fraud
'This Is Bulls**t': NSF Employees Protest HUD Relocation
Homan Won’t Let Far-Leftist Running For NYC Mayor Keep ICE Away
Democrats Rush to Support LaMonica McIver As She Pleads 'Not Guilty'
A Democrat State Rep. Was Caught Shoplifting. Here's the Catch.
Tipsheet

Lee Zeldin Promises to Fire DA Who Let Attacker Walk Without Bail

Stefani Reynolds/AP Photo

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) spoke out after being attacked at a campaign event on Thursday evening. 

Zeldin promised to fire the district attorney who refused to enforce the laws after his attacker was let out of jail without bail, just hours after being arrested. 

Advertisement

"The first thing that I will do after I'm sworn into office is to do my constitutional duty… it's not just constitutional authority, but to do my constitutional duty to remove the district attorney who refuses to enforce the law," Zeldin said. 

Zeldin, who is running for governor, assured New Yorkers that he will not take lightly the crime and violence that is sweeping the nation. 

"If the [district attorney] refuses to enforce the law, the governor has the duty to remove that DA," Zeldin told reporters. 

The suspect, identified as David G. Jakubonis, was charged with attempted assault in the second degree after he grabbed the congressman and tried to stab him with a black hardened plastic keychain that had two sharp points attached to it, typically designed for self-defense. 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg released Jakubonis within only 24 hours after being taken into custody— and without bail. 

Advertisement

Prior to being attacked, Zeldin recalled Jakubonis looking at him on stage and saying, "You're done," before lunging at him with the weapon. 

In a tweet, Zeldin predicted he would be released immediately. Case in point, the congressman's guess was correct. 

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement