On Tuesday, the immigrant advocacy group Haitian Bridge Alliance filed criminal charges in Springfield, Ohio against Donald Trump and J.D. Vance over their statements about Haitian immigrants. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman has the story.
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00:00Could Donald Trump and J.D. Vance be arrested for their statements about Haitian immigrants in Ohio?
00:04One non-profit says they should be.
00:06On Tuesday, the immigrant advocacy group Haitian Bridge Alliance
00:10filed criminal charges in Springfield, Ohio against Trump and Vance.
00:14According to The Hill, the HBA accuses the candidates of disrupting public services
00:18and making false alarms, among other crimes.
00:20NBC News reports that Ohio law allows private citizens to file charges,
00:25but that those charges will have to be reviewed in hearings.
00:27These accusations stem from Trump and Vance's unsubstantiated statements
00:31that Haitian immigrants in Ohio have been stealing and eating people's pets.
00:35In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in.
00:40They're eating the cats.
00:41They're eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there.
00:47The Hill says that 33 bomb threats were reported in Springfield as this story spread.
00:52In an interview with CNN, Vance seemed to admit that he didn't care if the stories were true.
00:56But it wasn't just a meme.
00:58If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention
01:02to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do, Dana.
01:06In a statement, HBA Executive Director Gerlene Joseph said,
01:09Trump and Vance's lies have harmed the Springfield community,
01:12and their lies have violated criminal law.