Independent journalist Nick Sortor told Newsmax’s “Finnerty” that former President Donald Trump and top Justice Department officials have taken interest in investigating his recent arrest in Portland, Oregon, calling it an example of police corruption and political targeting.
Sortor, who has been documenting ongoing protests near a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, said he was assaulted while covering the unrest but he was arrested by local police instead of his attacker.
“We’re going to find out exactly who gave the order to arrest me,” Sortor said, claiming that rank-and-file officers disagreed with the decision and that it likely came from higher up. “My ‘crime’ was trying to expose corruption within the police department.”
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