Ex-Obama Adviser Who Hurled Insults at Food Vendor in Custody: Reports

New York City police arrested Stuart Seldowitz, a former national security adviser under President Obama, after videos showed him relentlessly harassing a street food vendor with Islamophobic insults, New York City Councilwoman Julie Menin confirmed.

Seldowitz, who from 1999 to 2003 served as deputy director of the U.S. State Department’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, threatened Mohammed, a 24-year-old street vendor, as well as his family on numerous occasions.

“You should learn English, it’ll help you when they deport you back to Egypt and the Mukhabarat wants to interview you,” Seldowitz was filmed telling Mohammed in one such video.

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