Doocy Asks Karoline Leavitt If It Is ‘Worthwhile’ For Trump DOJ To Consider Denaturalizing Zohran Mamdani

Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt if it is “worthwhile” for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to consider holding denaturalization proceedings against New York City’s Democratic presumptive mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

Republican Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles requested that the DOJ investigate whether Mamdani should be subject to denaturalization proceedings over a rap song where he allegedly expressed support for individuals convicted of terrorism-related crimes and for his refusal to condemn the phrase, “globalize the intifada.” Doocy questioned whether the White House finds such an investigation to be warranted.

“There’s this congressman, Andy Ogles, who wants Attorney General Pam Bondi to explore denaturalization proceedings because he thinks Mamdani could have represented or concealed material support for terrorism based on rap lyrics he wrote in 2017. Does President Trump think this is worthwhile use of the attorney general’s time?” Doocy asked.

“Well I’ll let the president speak to that. I have not seen those claims. But surely if they are true, it is something that should be investigated,” Leavitt said.

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In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Ogles wrote that Mamdani rapped the words, “Free the Holy Land Five/My guys” to stand in solidarity with The Holy Land Foundation, who were convicted of providing “material support” to Hamas in 2008.

“Publicly praising the Foundation’s convicted leadership as ‘my guys’ raises serious concerns about whether Mr. Mamdani held affirmations or sympathies he failed to disclose during the naturalization process,” Ogles wrote.

The mayoral candidate has come under fire over his refusal to condemn the phrase, “globalize the intifada,” which is seen as a call for “indiscriminate violence against Israel and potentially against Jews and Jewish institutions worldwide,”