Back in mid-June, we reported on allegations made by Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) involving an alleged pro-Hamas agitator whom he claimed tried to run him off the road in Ohio while making antisemitic threats against him and his family.
Miller, who is Jewish, said in a video tweet that "As I was driving to work, some unhinged, deranged man decided to lay on his horn and run me off the road, when he couldn’t get my attention, to show me a Palestinian flag, not to mention death to Israel, death to me —-that he wanted to kill me and my family."
Miller also noted in the video that "We know who you are, young man, and the police are going to be paying you a visit."
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The suspect, Feras Hamdan, turned himself in soon after, but pleaded not guilty to charges of ethnic intimidation and aggravated menacing, with his lawyer, Issa Elkhatib, basically painting his client, who is a doctor, as an upstanding citizen and pillar to the community.
"We are confident that the truth will win and that Dr. Hamdan’s good name will be fully vindicated,” Elkhatib declared, according to NBC News. “Congressman Miller should be ashamed of himself for stooping to this level."
On Tuesday, indictments were handed down, and suffice it to say that Elkhatib is going to have a tough job getting his client off the hook:
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Feras Hamdan, 36, for Tampering With Evidence, Ethnic Intimidation, among other charges for threatening Congressman Max Miller in Rocky River.
In addition to the allegations previously laid out by Miller, the "tampering with evidence" charge may ultimately seal Hamdan's fate with the jury. Why? O'Malley shared the details in the indictment announcement:
Further investigation revealed Feras Hamdan recorded part of the interaction on his cell phone, sent it to other people, and then deleted it. He was arrested later that day.
Miller shared the full announcement on his X page (language warning):
As we also previously reported, prosecutors made clear in so many words during Hamdan's first court appearance that his cellphone likely would be central to this case, prompting the judge, Rocky River Municipal Court Judge Joseph Burke, to tell Hamdan's attorney that the suspect could face felony charges if his cellphone was not turned over.
Burke also laid the smack down on the defense, noting the seriousness of the allegations in light of what had just happened in Minnesota:
“I don’t have to tell you last week, where we had two Minnesota senators were murdered, these are very serious charges, we’re talking about a sitting United States Congressman,” said Judge Joseph Burke. “These are real serious allegations here, and it’s not going to happen on my watch.”
Other agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Ohio, are still investigating, and more charges could be forthcoming.
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