‘Squad’ lawmaker’s ex-con husband swats phone from interviewer trying to question wife
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The felony-convicted husband of progressive “squad” lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., took a phone call from a reporter at town hall Monday after she tried to approach the congresswoman to ask him a question about alleged child care fraud in Minnesota.
The interviewer approached Pressley with a phone camera recorded in front of Pressley’s husband, Conan Harris, and asked, “Congressman Pressley, do you support it?” he was heard asking. 10 years imprisonment He snatched the phone from the interrogator’s hand for drug trafficking.
“Sir, you can’t take my phone away,” the questioner was heard saying, before the phone was picked up again and returned to focus. Before marrying Pressley, Harris spent 10 years in prison on drug trafficking charges. Harris said she draws from her experience reintegrating into regular society after being released from prison to inform how she advocates for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals.
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The incident took place on Monday at Chelsea City Hall in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., (left) is seen next to a picture of her husband Conan Harris (right). (Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the cameraman tried to focus the picture on Harris after his phone fell out of his hand, but when Harris was able to refocus the camera, he was seen walking into the bathroom or a room off the hallway they were in.
Instead, the interviewer went back to Pressley and tried to ask his question a second time.
“Congressman Pressley, do you support President Trump investigating the Somali child care scam in Minnesota?” the Massachusetts Democrat asked as he walked away under the protection of his team. “Congressman Pressley?”
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., (right) and her husband Conan Harris (left). (Joseph PREZIOSO / AFP) (Photo: JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Legislators were being pressed on the issue the same day the Trump administration announced it would freeze $10 billion in federal funding for child care in five blue states following reports of welfare fraud involving the Somali community in Minnesota.
The states affected will be California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
An official with the Office of Management and Budget reportedly told Axios that the blockage was due to both fraud and funding to undocumented immigrants.
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Pressley did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
KSTP reporter Jay Kolls investigated allegations of fraud committed at Minnesota daycares in January 2025. (Screenshot/KSTP 5)
“The fraud in California, New York and Illinois is much bigger than it is in Minnesota,” Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief, said this week. “My estimate of how much fraud is nationwide is roughly 10% of the Federal budget, which is about $700 billion a year.”
