U.S. attorney general: Justice Department investigating Irving’s treatment of Ahmed Mohamed [View all]

[TexasTowelie]

During a Q&A last night at the annual Muslim Advocates dinner, United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirmed that the Department of Justice is looking into how Irving officials treated Ahmed Mohamed after he brought a clock to school in September.

“We have, as you may know, opened an investigation into the case of the young man in Irving, Texas,” Lynch said during an interview with Muslim Advocates President and Executive Director Farhana Kher at an Arlington, Virginia, hotel. “So we will see where that investigation goes.”

Kher then told Lynch that “it’s great to hear that the department has opened an investigation into the Irving, Texas, high school, that case of the treatment of Ahmed Mohamed.” She said what happened to “the kid with the homemade clock … was an issue of great concern and really struck a cord with many parents, so we really appreciate the department’s leadership in that.”

Irving City Hall said in a statement provided to The Dallas Morning News that “at this time, the City of Irving has received no communication from the U. S. Department of Justice regarding an investigation into the Ahmed Mohamed case.”

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