House Democrats Protest Over Temporary Detention of Staffer at Rep. Nadler’s Office

The staff member, depicted in a video of the incident, was detained by Federal Protective Service officers conducting a security check, and was later released.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 20, 2024. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Two high-ranking Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives, on June 3, have written a letter in protest against the detention of a member of Rep. Jerry Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) staff at his constituency office in New York.

A video, dated on May 25, shows three officers of the Federal Protective Service (FPS)—a law enforcement agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), charged with the protection of many federal buildings and facilities—entering Nadler’s constituency office in New York’s 12th district, which covers much of Manhattan.