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Ford_Prefect

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Wed Oct 1, 2025, 03:54 AM Oct 1

But wait, there's more! Chattah is an election denier who has advocated for political violence according to

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto.

Her Wikipedia entry includes:

In July 2025, Trump extended Chattah's term as interim U.S. Attorney for an additional 210 days, before her 120-day term was set to expire. Masto and Rosen have said they would block her nomination using Senate rules. Trump's extension of Chattah's term prevented a federal court from rejecting her permanent appointment or appointing a new U.S. attorney. Prior to her extension, 116 former federal and state judges, nominated by presidents of both parties, wrote a letter calling for the court to not permanently appoint Chattah. In the letter, Chattah was described as "known for incendiary rhetoric and a record of urging weaponization of law enforcement for political ends." Democracy Defenders Action and the Society for the Rule of Law Institute spearheaded the letter. The judges claimed that Chattah has a "long history of threatening to misappropriate law enforcement resources to pursue those who disagree with her politics," and a "history of racist statements, including violence-tinged remarks about a black political opponent." They claimed as well that Chattah has demonstrated "extreme partisan bias and has a record of undermining confidence in the judiciary, including stating that judicial decisions she disagrees with are part of a 'deep state' conspiracy." They claim that "Chattah’s shocking racist and violence-tinged rhetoric should disqualify her from this office.”

Tom Alexandrovich
Main article: Arrest of Tom Alexandrovich
In August 2025 following a child sex predator sting operation, Tom Alexandrovich, a senior Israeli government official, was arrested, accused of soliciting sexual acts from a minor in Chattah's jurisdiction; he was released on bail and returned to Israel. Chattah wrote a post on X blaming "a liberal district attorney and state court judge" for not confiscating Alexandrovich's passport.[24] Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, to whom Chattah's X post referred, disputed Chattah's post as "a rant with false claims" and challenged her fitness to serve. Following the controversy, Axios reported that some criticism of Chattah, such as by Candace Owens, included references to her Israeli origin.

Political views and opinions
Chattah has a history of controversial remarks regarding Palestinians, including referring to them as “animals,” calling for wiping Gaza “off the map,” and suggesting that “even the children” in the enclave are “terrorists.”

She also called US state representative Jamaal Bowman an "antisemitic ghetto rat". In defense, she claims that she is not racist and that, while in office, she upholds a decorum that is not necessarily present in her private conversations. In reference to being called "extremist" by US senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen she claimed that she does not think she is extremist and that "there is no extremist bone in her body."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigal_Chattah

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