Last week, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from seeking to deport anti-Israel, pro-Hamas Columbia University student protester Moshen Mahdawi and ordered his release from prison. His arrest sparked a slew of liberal media attention, particularly on CBS’s lead shows, CBS Mornings and the CBS Evening News.
On the latter’s Monday edition (and then the former on Tuesday), correspondent Lila Luciano reunited with this kindred spirt on the far-left for another sympathetic sit-down.
CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson solemnly set the table:
A Palestinian activist at Columbia University who was detained and ordered deported by the Trump administration tells us he plans to continue to speak out against the war in Gaza. Our Lilia Luciano spoke with Mohsen Mahdawi, hours before he was taken into custody in Vermont last…
