House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said Friday his committee will investigate Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D).
Comer penned a letter to the Justice Department saying that the protesters in LA "committed vicious acts of violence and fearmongering directed at law enforcement and others," Fox News reported Friday. "They set fire to vehicles and property around the city, and assaulted officers with deadly weapons such as rocks and Molotov cocktails."
He accused Newsom and Bass of protesting President Donald Trump's "action to quell the violence caused by the rioters in Los Angeles, even resorting to falsely blaming him for the actions of violent rioters."
"Assaults on law enforcement officers legally executing their orders are reprehensible and those responsible must be dealt with in accordance with the severity of their actions," claimed Comer.
He did not cite which crime he believes the Democratic leaders committed.
"You have championed California's sanctuary policies, which prevent local law enforcement's cooperation with federal immigration authorities. You have also made it clear that you intend to block the objectives of the federal government, and defend aliens, regardless of their immigration status, criminal activity, anti-American views, or incitement to riot," the letter continued.
Instead, Comer demanded documents of any communication between Bass and Newsom about the protests as well as communication with state, local and federal law enforcement, the report said.
He also called for a briefing, but indicated it would not be a top-level briefing, merely a "staff level."
The letter isn't available on the Oversight Committee website yet, but Fox posted it in the article.
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement began rounding up people in Los Angeles and across California farms, demonstrators took to the streets in protest. A few autonomous vehicles were torched, as the company that owns them is known to hand over surveillance footage to law enforcement as part of immigration raids, Zteven Zeitchik wrote for the Hollywood Reporter.
After Trump deployed the National Guard and Marines to the few blocks where the protests are happening in LA, other cities began protesting across the United States, as some Democrats warned that sending in soldiers would only make things worse.
