Former Obama Official Placed on Supervised Release After Hate Crime Arrest for Berating Halal Cart Vendor
Former Obama official Stuart Seldowitz has been placed on supervised release after being charged with a hate crime for berating a halal cart vendor in New York City.
Stuart Seldowitz, 64, was arraigned on Thursday for two counts of stalking as a hate crime and one count of aggravated harassment.
Seldowitz served as President Barack Obama’s National Security Council chief. He also worked in the US State Department’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs in the early 2000s.
Videos of Seldowitz’s hateful tirades against Mohamed Hussein, a 24-year-old food vendor, over his Egyptian heritage and Muslim faith went massively viral on social media.
The abuse had reportedly been going on for weeks by the time of his arrest.
