White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday addressed the incident in Portland, Oregon, where Republican journalist Nick Sortor was swarmed and attacked by Antifa thugs, then arrested by Portland police. 

The Gateway Pundit reported on the incident, which is now under investigation by the Department of Justice.

"Portland: it's FO [Find Out] time. Buckle up," Assistant Attorney Harmeet Dhillon, who will lead the investigation, said in an X post.

Leavitt announced to reporters on Friday that not only has the Portland Police Department come into the DOJ's crosshairs, but President Trump is now taking steps to cut federal aid to the city, citing the lawlessness in the streets.

"Since June alone," she said, "radical left-wing lunatics have violently breached the ICE facility by using a stop sign as a battering ram, hurled explosives and other projectiles at law enforcement, repeatedly assault and dox officers, berate their law-abiding neighbors, and have even rolled out a guillotine in front of the ICE facility."

In addition to cutting funding, "there will also be an additional surge of federal resources to Portland immediately, including enhanced CBP and ICE resources. Law and order will prevail, and President Trump will make sure of it," Leavitt said.

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Leavitt: Despite the Democrat shutdown, President Trump's efforts to make America safe again continue. President Trump believes that American cities should be the safest places on earth, and he is committed to making this a reality. We've already seen that President Trump successfully made DC safe again in only a few weeks. That same crime crackdown will continue to happen in cities across the country, and is happening in Portland, Oregon. President Trump will end the radical left's Reign of Terror in Portland once and for all.

The President has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland and any ICE facilities under siege from attack by Antifa and other leftwing domestic terrorists. What'e been allowed to happen in Portland, and we saw disturbing video footage of this last night, this is not peaceful protesting. This is left wing anarchy that has been destroying this great American city for years, leaving police officers battered, citizens terrorized, and business properties damaged.