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“Promise made. Promise kept.” Congressman Abe Hamadeh was celebratory last week and praised the decision by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind a politically driven report against the Phoenix Police Department on “patterns and practice” of discrimination that was found by law enforcement experts to be 97% “factually or contextually inaccurate.”

In the meeting, Congressman Hamadeh shared his personal connection to the Kurdish people, stating, “I am proud to have Kurdish roots in my family. My grandmother on my father's side is Kurdish, and my mother is Durzi.”

The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected a “patterns and practice” report from a Biden administration investigation into the Phoenix Police Department. U.S. Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, announced the rejection. Hamadeh, who met with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, called the Biden administration’s actions politically motivated and baseless.

The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected a “patterns and practice” report from a Biden administration investigation into the Phoenix Police Department. U.S. Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, R-Arizona, announced the rejection Wednesday morning. Hamadeh, who met with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, called the Biden administration’s actions politically motivated and baseless.

PHOENIX – State and local leaders reacted Wednesday after the Department of Justice dropped its civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department. “This is going to help recruiting and this will help the morale issue,” Darrell Kriplean, president of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show. 

Republicans are mocking Democrats for a proposed post-election project aimed at improving how the party and its candidates communicate with men, one that could cost $20 million. The “Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan” proposal promises to invest in the “syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in these spaces,” according to the New York Times. A prospectus recommends advertising in video games and avoiding “a moralizing tone.”

Arizona GOP Congressman Abe Hamadeh took a victory lap on Wednesday as the Trump Justice Department announced it would dismiss the Biden administration's "last minute" lawsuits against several police departments, including Phoenix. 

Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., is joining forces with a fellow freshman lawmaker to renew efforts in Congress to outlaw ranked choice voting nationwide. Hamadeh and Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, recently introduced the Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act that would amend the Help America Vote Act to ban ranked-choice voting.