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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 an investigative researcher for Capital Research Center. He is also an adjunct professor at Regent University and the former director of…
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