The husband of a Seattle Democratic was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a 22-year-old woman after he and an angry mob barged into a private event chanting anti-Israel slogans, according to police.
Calvin Priest, the husband of congressional candidate Kshama Sawant, was taken into custody and booked into jail on August 4.
Officers with the Renton Police Department were called to the town hall following reports the 54-year-old shoved a young woman who is employed by his wife’s rival Congressman Adam Smith.
Smith was hosting an event at Renton Technical College that day when a group of people, including Priest, forced themselves inside the building, the video showed.
The clip, obtained by KOMO News, appeared to capture Priest, dressed in a blue baseball hat and shirt, leading people into the private event before wrestling the door while Smith’s unidentified staffer tried to keep him out.
Priest appeared to continue to put up a fight, eventually shoving his way inside, shouting: ‘Adam Smith, you can’t hide, you are funding genocide.’
The unhinged moment left the Democrat‘s staffer with several bruises on her arm and she told police she was upset over being physically harmed by the older man, according to the police report reviewed by the outlet.
‘She was physically pushed. It shook her up emotionally. Someone in your face, screaming at you and then physically shoving you to the side. I mean, public servants shouldn’t have to put up with that,’ Smith said.
The town hall meeting was canceled following the alleged violent assault.
Priest and two others were arrested for trespassing, per the police report. He was also hit with an assault charge after police interviewed the injured woman.
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