Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to open an investigation into a possible antisemitic hate crime following the arson attack at the home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Early Sunday morning, suspect Cody Balmer of Harrisburg allegedly scaled the fence at Shapiro’s Pennsylvania mansion, shattered windows and tossed Molotov cocktails inside the Shapiro’s residence during the Jewish holiday of Passover. Shapiro, who is Jewish, was on the short list to be then-Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

“While the local district attorney has not yet filed hate crime charges, he acknowledged that Governor Shapiro’s religion appears to have factored into the suspect’s decisions,” Schumer wrote in a letter to Bondi on Thursday. “Our federal authorities must bring the full weight of our civil rights laws to bear in examining this matter. No person or public official should be targeted because of their faith, and no community should wonder whether such acts will be met with silence.”

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