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15 Smoking Guns That Show Mahmoud Khalil Is a Terror Threat


Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are demanding the release of Columbia University student and pro-Hamas protester Mahmoud Khalil. While House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is accusing the Trump administration of “authoritarianism,” the Democrats are about to be embarrassed.

Khalil is a leader of Columbia University Apartheid Divest, one of more than 150 pro-terrorism groups I identified in my comprehensive study for the Capital Research Center, “Marching Toward Violence: The Domestic Anti-Israeli Protest Movement.”

The following [15] smoking guns about the national security risk posed by Khalil and his group should serve as a microcosm of the broader threat — not just as a vindication of a single decision by the Trump administration.

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This article first appeared in Blaze Media on March 13, 2025.

Ryan Mauro

Ryan Mauro is a senior fellow for counter extremism for the Capital Research Center. He is also an adjunct professor at Regent University and…
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