Attorney General Barr Announces Federal Hate Crime Charges Against Woman Accused of Slapping Orthodox Jews

Tiffany Harris, the woman accused of slapping three Jewish women in an Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhood in late December, now faces federal hate crime charges.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr made the announcement Tuesday at a meeting with Jewish leaders in Brooklyn where he pledged government action in the face of rising anti-Semitism.

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