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Josh Hawley Launches LA Riots Investigation
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Senator Josh Hawley said he is launching an investigation into the Los Angeles riots, focused on who is funding individuals or groups behind any violent disorder.
The Missouri Republican is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime & Terrorism. "Who is funding the LA riots? This violence isn't spontaneous," Hawley posted to X.
There were riots in Los Angeles that coincided with lawful demonstrations against federal immigration raids in the city.
Hawley shared a letter he had written to Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, an activist group that had organized some of the protests in Los Angeles.
He told Salas to preserve a number of records.
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