Retrial for Former Librarian in Sessions Laugh Case
Desiree Fairooz made
national headlines in January during the Senate confirmation hearing,
when she was removed from the hearing room and subsequently arrested
after laughing out loud at a comment by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
stating that Sessions would equally represent all Americans.
Prosecutors argued that
she was arrested not for laughing but for her disruption while
exiting the hearing room. Fairooz yelled, among other things, that
Sessions was “evil” as she was being dragged from the hearing.
Fairooz told American Libraries in May that she believes she was, in
fact, arrested for the laugh.
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