Hasan Piker, the biggest progressive political streamer in America, was detained by Customs and Border Protection for hours of questioning upon returning to the U.S. from a trip to France this weekend. Piker posted about the incident on X and later talked about it on stream.

He was detained in Chiago and questioned for two hours about protected journalistic activities like who he’s interviewed and his political beliefs. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel and asked about his history of bans on Twitch. His phone and laptop were not confiscated.

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    8 hours ago

    Maga crowd: trans people shouldn’t exist

    Hasan: trans people should be respected and accepted

    DicJacobus: these sound like the same thing to me

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      7 hours ago

      I didn’t even specify which topic I had witnessed. Don’t go putting words in someone’s mouth.

      To be specific. Some of his takes on thr political situation revolving around the war in Europe is what made me think he was insane