Last night in Portland, police put independent conservative journalist Nick Sortor in handcuffs — and he didn’t mince words about it.
Sortor immediately warned officers that they had just made a huge mistake, telling them in no uncertain terms that targeting a journalist for simply doing his job wouldn’t be swept under the rug:
“You PROVED what we’ve all been saying for years: you’re CORRUPT and CONTROLLED by vioIent Antifa thugs who terrorize the streets. You thought arresting me would make me shut up and go away. You couldn’t have been more wrong. Stay tuned,” Sortor wrote on X.
Hey @PortlandPolice: you made a big freaking mistake.
You PROVED what we’ve all been saying for years: you’re CORRUPT and CONTROLLED by vioIent Antifa thugs who terrorize the streets
You thought arresting me would make me shut up and go away. You couldn’t have been more wrong.… pic.twitter.com/Dz8oJ3V8NP
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 3, 2025
Now Sortor says the situation has escalated to the federal level. According to the journalist, he received a personal phone call from Attorney General Pam Bondi, who assured him that the Department of Justice will be launching an investigation into the Portland Police Bureau.
? BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi has ORDERED a full investigation, led by Asst. AG Harmeet Dhillon, of the Portland Police Bureau, following my wrongful arrest last night, Bondi confirmed to me.
FAFO, @PortlandPolice.@AGPamBondi personally called me to deliver this… pic.twitter.com/DBdp9vl5Ka
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 3, 2025
“The Trump DOJ WILL NOT allow Portland Police to continue to do the bidding of Antifa,” Sortor wrote.
Bondi issued a memo on Sept. 30 warning that violence against federal law enforcement would not be tolerated, writing:
Riots in Los Angeles and Portland reflect a more than 1,000 percent increase in attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers since January 21, 2025, compared to the same period last year.” Last week, “a sniper opened fire from a nearby rooftop on [an ICE] Dallas field office,” leaving one dead and two others critically wounded.
This past weekend, while Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson were villainizing ICE agents as Nazis and secret police, more than “200 rioters blocked access to one of the gates in front of” an ICE processing facility in the Chicago area, “chanting ‘Arrest ICE, Shoot ICE’” and “attempting to forcibly and illegally trespass on federal property.”
At least one rioter was arrested with a firearm. “Rioters arrived with boxes of fireworks, N-95 masks, gas masks, goggles, knee and elbow protection, and large quantities of food and water.” Likewise, “[r]ioters in Portland, Oregon have repeatedly attacked and laid siege to an ICE processing center.” These rioters have been well-organized and appear to be well-funded.
Portland was already on the DOJ’s radar — which makes it all the more reckless for the Portland Police Bureau to keep turning a blind eye to Antifa’s violent crime spree while hauling off conservative journalists in handcuffs.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon weighed in as well: “Portland: it’s FO time. Buckle up.”
Portland: it’s FO time. Buckle up. https://t.co/lp4RJ2QSi7
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) October 3, 2025
Podcaster Tim Pool wrote on X, “I am calling on the Trump administration to launch a legal challenge against Oregon following the arrest of @nicksortor and if necessary deploy National Guard. Oregon has failed to uphold federal and state law and we should not tolerate it.”
Dhillon responded to him, saying the Trump administration was “on it.”
Buckle up, you Antifa scumbags. Your free ride is about to end.
