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Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.

He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Answering as he did was irresponsible.

"I invoke my legal right to silence under the 5th amendment and will not answer any questions without legal council"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It would suck if Hasan is getting harassed by the government. I bet if kamala won he wouldn't have, though.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Should he be detained like that, no.

He's an absolute scumbag though

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