The Trish Regan Show - BREAKING: Candidate For NYC Mayor CUFFED by Federal Agents for IMPEDING Law Enforcement

Episode Date: June 17, 2025

The NYC Comptroller and candidate for mayor, Brad Lander, was cuffed by federal agents for allegedly impeding law enforcement. The incident was caught on tape. T rish Regan reports in this breaking news CLIP from The Trish Regan Show Ep 140. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump's new sweeping directive to ICE sends liberal cities quaking. This was the headline in daily mail. And believe me, they're getting heated. Okay. And it's not just Letitia James because they all want their moment in the sun, all these people out there running around trying to be the next mayor of New York. You got one candidate who's now getting himself arrested. Bradlanders, New York City mayoral candidate. I bet you never heard him before. Well, suddenly he's a big name because he got to get arrested by, because he said, hey, you know, do you have your warrant, et cetera? And I said, get out of our way because, hey, yeah, we do have our warrant. We wouldn't be arresting the guy if we didn't have the warrant. And you're now impeding law enforcement.

You are in the way of us doing our jobs. And when you get in the way of us doing our jobs, I guess what, it starts to get a little bit dangerous and we don't really want that. And so the mayoral candidate, he's actually the city. Comptroller. He's in charge of the city's budget so you know he can't add because we're talking about New York City here and they get tons of money and yet somehow nobody can do any addition or subtraction because you know the taxes keep going up and they keep coming out in the red. So here is Mr. Brad Landers getting arrested. I want to show you by federal law enforcement here just moments ago in the great was great could be great again city of New York watch You don't have, I'm not obstructing, I'm standing right here in the hallway. I ask to see the judicial warrant. You're arresting the court.

By asking that you for a judicial warrant? You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant. Okay. So we're asking, where are you taking him? Hi, I'm the controller's press secretary. Where are you taking the controller of the New York? Where are you taking him? Again, federal.

authorities having just arrested him. I believe this video was posted by his wife. There is no, you know, fisticuffs, so to speak, as we saw with Padilla the other day. But you can see there they've got him. And the idea was that he would be arrested because he was impeding law enforcement. And you know what? You can't actually impede law enforcement when they're trying to do their jobs. Didn't we just go through this? I mean, honestly, I feel like it's deja vu because as I recall, we had to watch one, La Monica McIver out in New Jersey. You remember, right? La Monica Monica McIver, who got in all that trouble out in New Jersey and now is facing 17 years, 17 years in federal prison because she took it upon herself to actually be pushing the ICE agents.

In this particular case, you don't see Lander doing that. So maybe he won't get 17 years, but you can't exactly get in the way of these federal officials. doing their job, even if Letitia James thinks she can. Okay? The law's the law, dare I say. Remember, Letitia? Forgive me. La Monica.

Sorry. One's in red, and they are of similar size. I don't think Letitia would do this, but, you know, never say never. Fortunately, Brad did not find himself actually physically pushing up against federal agents, but she sure did. Unbelievable. Okay, so that's unbelievable. And now she's looking at what? 17 years for violating Title 18 U.S. Code section 111 for assaulting, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement. So one would have to think they're going to get Brad Lander, the city controller of New York, once again, on violating Title 18. Now, from what we can see, and again, we can go back to the video, there was no kind of assault. It was a peaceful transaction, if you would, but he kept saying, hey, hey, you know, how are you? do you guys have a warrant to do this, et cetera?

Maybe he's trying to put one AOC's recommendations and actions into words. So he finds himself now on the receiving end of the federal government making the decision that they are going to take him in. Again, the city controller of New York, and a rather unpleasant scene after demanding to see a judicial warrant for a man being arrested by immigration agents. he kept his hand. You'll notice clutching the detainee's shoulder. And so this is once again part of why he was in the way.

You don't have to. I'm not obstructing. I'm standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant. You don't have the authority to arrest you as citizens asking for a judicial warrant. You don't have to. Sorry.

Go away. Upstate. Oh, all right. So this is, so to speak, the federal showdown that some people like Letitia James have so desired. And you know what? It's coming to a head. But as I've told you before, she does not have a prayer in that case. Because again, thank you, Justin, for the generosity.

Again, you've got somebody who is serving in direct defiance of the federal law. because there is this thing called the Constitution, which apparently one Leticia James never study, showing that, you know, naturalization clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, remember this one, the Congress shall have the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. Okay, so if you have the power as Congress, to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and the law is such that it doesn't allow for people to be illegally here in the country, and it does allow for their arrest if they are here illegally in the country. And you have law enforcement going out and making those arrests.

then I'm sorry, what exactly is this comptroller actually doing other than impeding law enforcement? And that is why we find ourselves in a situation where he is getting charged. I believe he'll be charged. We'll see what comes forward on all of this. But again, this didn't used to be hard back in the old days, right? We saw Obama. We saw Christy Noem this week sounding a lot like Obama because she made the point. Hey, you know what?

I'm here. I'm here to enforce the law of the land. If you don't like the law of the land, then it's your job to go change these laws because Naturalization Clause Article I section and Clause 4 says the Congress will have the power to establish a uniform rule of law and it gives Congress the authority

over citizenship, ladies and gentlemen, which is why no matter what they say, no matter how much the AOCs of the world carry on, no matter how much they threaten, they don't have a leg to stand on from a legal perspective. Anyone's breaking the law in this situation? It's not members of Congress.

It's the Department of Homeland Security. It's people like Tom Homan and Secretary Christie Kno. You lay a finger on them, we are going to have a problem. No, actually, I think you have a problem. I think you have a problem because I do believe, in the case of La Monica, anyway, she was laying a finger on more than finger, maybe a stomach on the ICE agents, all right?

And then in the case of Mr. Lander, here who's trying to get his moment of fame because he wants to run for mayor of New York, he's actually finding himself up a creek without a paddle because, again, of that little darn thing called the Constitution of the United States of America. And so where did they get their power, their federal power over immigration? I mean, come on, if there's one single thing that the federal government can do. And believe me, I love giving lots of power. Justin, thank you so much again for the generosity. I love giving all the power in the world, if you would, to the states because I believe in small government. Hey, I grew up and live free or die in New Hampshire,

right? You know, we had a very small government. We actually balanced our budget. You know, imagine, with no income tax and not even any sales tax. Amazing how that can happen, right? But anyway, you want a small government, but you also need to have the power to the federal government in cases when they actually need it for things like immigration because you know what? It's a national security threat. You know what else? It's an economic threat. And we've been through it before Commerce Clause. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. Memorize this. The Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations. And guess what? Immigration would count as something that's affecting foreign nations. So therefore, it counts as yet another reason why the Congress has all the power

over this one. And if the executive branch is there to back up the Congress and enforce the law, then why do you have people like the Comptroller of New York City? Why do you have people like Letitia James, the AG of New York City getting in the way of that Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, necessary and proper clause. Very important. Okay, this gives the federal government the supremacy to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. It allows for Congress to pass immigration laws as needed and to enforce those enumerated powers like naturalization, like the Commerce Clause. I'm telling you, Letitia James does not stand a chance here, but then again,

Letitia James is not exactly the brightest bulb in the room, now is she?