Stuart Seldowitz, who previously served as national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, has been arrested and charged with a hate crime for harassing a halal food vendor in Manhattan, berating him with anti-Muslim insults.
“The former official, Stuart Seldowitz, 64, faces charges that include aggravated harassment and several counts of stalking, according to the police,” reported the New York Times.
“The charges were brought after the vendor, whom the police did not name but identified as a 24-year-old man, told the police that a person had approached him several times while he was working and had made Islamophobic comments, causing him to feel ‘afraid and annoyed,’” the Times added.
As Breitbart News reported, the video surfaced on X and appeared to show Seldowitz harassing a food cart vendor near 83rd and 2nd Avenue in New York City. Per Newsweek:
