Dem Congressman Blasts 'Deeply Troubling' DHS Handcuffing Of Staffer In New York Office

Department of Homeland Security agents were caught on tape handcuffing a staffer in Rep. Jerry Nadler's Manhattan office.

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security handcuffed a staffer in Rep. Jerry Nadler’s New York office last Wednesday, according to a statement the Congressman posted on X.

The incident was also captured on video, which was obtained by Gothamist.

In the video, a DHS agent can be seen handcuffing a staffer who is distressed and crying. A second agent is seen attempting to enter another room in the office, which is occupied by a second staff member. That staffer then asks if he has a warrant and the agent says he doesn’t need one, and accuses the office of “harboring rioters.”

Nadler raised alarm about DHS’s conduct, noting that “no arrests were made” and that “the situation was quickly de-escalated,” but that it was disturbing that the incident took place at all.

“The decision to enter a Congressional office and detain a staff member demonstrates a deeply troubling disregard for proper legal boundaries,” Nadler wrote. “If this can happen in a Member of Congress’s office, it can happen to anyone–and is happening.”