New Legal Documents Show #MarcoRubio Targeted #Students for #OpEds and #Protesting
Rubio accused students including #MahmoudKhalil of supporting terrorism, but records unsealed after litigation by The Intercept undermine his claims.
by Jessica Washington, January 23 2026
Excerpt: "The students won their case last year, but until Thursday, the trove of documents remained under lock and key after the judge agreed to seal the records on the State Department’s behalf. At the request of The Intercept, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, and the Center for Investigative Reporting, Massachusetts District Judge William G. Young ultimately unsealed the records, revealing intimate details about the State Department’s persecution of students speaking out in support of #Palestine."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/23/mahmoud-khalil-palestine-protest-rubio/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TCxn3
#USPol #FreeSpeech #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #Authoritarianism #FreeMahmoudKhalil #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity