The felony-convicted husband of progressive Assemblywoman Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., knocked a phone out of a reporter’s hands at a city hall building Monday after they tried to approach the congresswoman to ask her a question about alleged child care fraud in Minnesota.
“Congresswoman Pressley, do you support –” the interviewer was heard asking as he approached Pressley with his phone camera in front of Conan Harris, Pressley’s husband who 10 years in prison on charges of drug trafficking, the phone knocked out of the questioner’s hand.
“Sir, you can’t take my phone out of my hand,” the questioner was heard saying, before the phone was picked up again and focused again. Harris spent 10 years in prison on drug trafficking charges before marrying Pressley, who said she draws on his experiences reintegrating into mainstream society after leaving prison to help inform how she advocates for incarcerated or previously incarcerated individuals.
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The incident occurred Monday at Chelsea City Hall in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, the cameraman tried to point the photo at Harris after his phone was knocked out of his hand, but Harris was seen walking into what appeared to be a bathroom, or some sort of room off the hallway they were in, once he was. able to refocus the camera.
Instead, the interviewer turned back to Pressley and tried to answer his question a second time.
“Congressman Pressley, do you support President Trump investigating Somali child care fraud in Minnesota?” he asked as the Massachusetts Democrat walked away, guarded by her entourage of staffers. “Congresswoman Pressley?”
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., (right) and her husband Conan Harris (left). (Joseph PREZIOSO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Lawmakers were pressed on the issue on the same day the Trump administration announced it would freeze $10 billion in federal child care funds in five blue states, following reports of social services fraud involving Minnesota’s Somali community.
The affected states are California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
An official from the Office of Management and Budget reportedly told Axios that the blockage is due to both fraud and providing money to undocumented immigrants.
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Pressley did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
KSTP reporter Jay Kolls investigated alleged fraud committed at daycare centers in Minnesota in January 2025. (Screenshot/KSTP 5)
“The fraud in California, New York and Illinois is much greater than in Minnesota,” Elon Musk, former head of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said this week. “My estimate of the amount of fraud happening nationwide is roughly 10% of the federal budget, so about $700 billion a year.”
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