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Federal authorities announced the arrest of Keith Michael Lisa in connection with the violent vandalism at the Newark office of Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, a development that should reassure every American who believes in law and order. This was not a petty prank or political theater — it was an attack on the people who enforce our laws and on the institutions that keep society functioning.
The FBI says Lisa entered the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building on November 12 while carrying a baseball bat, was initially denied entry, then returned and gained access before damaging government property inside the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Witness accounts and agency statements make clear this was a brazen, targeted act rather than a random disturbance, and the speed of the federal response reflected the seriousness of the threat.
A federal arrest warrant was issued the next day charging Lisa with possession of a dangerous weapon in a federal facility and depredation of federal property, and the FBI announced a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to his arrest and conviction. Justice must be swift and certain when someone attacks our federal prosecutors or defaces the government property that belongs to the American people.
Attorney General Pam Bondi publicly confirmed that Habba is safe and condemned the violence, echoing Habba’s own defiant words that she “will not be intimidated by radical lunatics” for doing her job. Those statements are exactly what Americans expect from leaders who refuse to bow to intimidation and who stand with the men and women who uphold the rule of law.
Let’s be clear about the backdrop: Alina Habba is a Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney whose nomination has been the target of partisan attacks and legal maneuvering, which makes this incident all the more chilling in a climate where political violence is becoming normalized by certain corners of the media and the left. The weaponization of outrage cannot become an accepted tool to harass or silence federal prosecutors simply because someone disagrees with their politics or prosecutions.
Conservatives know that protecting prosecutors and law enforcement is not partisan window dressing — it is essential to preserving liberty and public safety. If political disagreement gives rise to threats or vandalism, we will lose the very institutions that protect our freedoms, and every Democrat or Republican who values the Constitution should denounce attacks like this without equivocation.
Americans who believe in toughness, justice, and accountability should demand maximum cooperation between local and federal authorities to make examples of perpetrators when they cross the line into violence. If you have information, give it to the FBI; let law enforcement do its job and let the courts deliver the penalties this cowardly assault deserves.
