{"id":2625620,"date":"2026-07-06T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-sues-dhs-for-tracking-him-down-after-email-comparing-todd-lyons-to-a-nazi\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:25:33","slug":"man-sues-dhs-for-tracking-him-down-after-email-comparing-todd-lyons-to-a-nazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-sues-dhs-for-tracking-him-down-after-email-comparing-todd-lyons-to-a-nazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sues DHS for tracking him down after email comparing Todd Lyons to a Nazi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-sues-dhs-for-tracking-him-down-after-email-comparing-todd-lyons-to-a-nazi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2625620&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man from Rochester, New York, is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), claiming that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancel-culture-group-urges-supreme-court-to-disbar-trump-lawyer\/\" title=\"Cancel-Culture Group Urges Supreme ... to Disbar Trump Lawyer\">federal agents violated<\/a> his First amendment rights by investigating and intimidating him after he sent an email criticizing the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).The lawsuit, filed by David streever with the Foundation for Individual rights and Expression, alleges that DHS&#8217;s actions-tracking him, calling him, monitoring his travel, and issuing a warning notice-were an unconstitutional suppression of his political speech. Streever\u2019s email compared ICE official Todd Lyons to a Nazi and predicted he would be judged harshly by history,but the lawsuit contends this was protected speech,not a threat. DHS disputes the allegations, asserting their investigations are justified and necessary. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-court-takes-on-the-administrative-state\/\" title=\"... handles administrative state.\">case highlights concerns<\/a> over government overreach and the suppression of free speech, with the lawsuit seeking to declare DHS&#8217;s actions unconstitutional and to prohibit similar conduct in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"61\">New York<\/a> man is suing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alleging federal agents violated<\/a> his<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/first-amendment\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"881\"> First Amendment <\/a>rights by tracking him down and warning him over an email criticizing the former head of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8775\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Streever of Rochester, New York, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.org\/research-learn\/complaint-streever-v-mullin-et-al\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.fire.org\/research-learn\/complaint-streever-v-mullin-et-al\">filed the lawsuit<\/a> Monday in federal court in<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/district-of-columbia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1483\"> Washington, D.C.<\/a>, with the nonprofit organization <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fire\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3516\">Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression<\/a>. The complaint argued that the DHS launched an investigation and intimidated him over constitutionally protected political speech.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4637322\/man-sues-dhs-tracking-him-down-email-compared-todd-lyons-nazi\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Man sues DHS for tracking him down after email comparing Todd Lyons to a Nazi<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4636848\/egg-producers-reach-3-million-settlement-doj-lawsuit-manipulated-prices\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Egg producers reach $3.3 million settlement in DOJ lawsuit over \u2018manipulated\u2019 prices<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4636733\/weeklong-hearing-tyler-robinson-trial-erika-kirk-in-attendance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Weeklong hearing begins in Tyler Robinson trial with Erika Kirk expected to be in attendance<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the lawsuit, Streever sent a three-paragraph email to then-acting ICE Director Todd Lyons after a controversial ICE operation in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"443\">Minnesota<\/a> that sparked national outrage when officers shot and killed two people. In the email, Streever compared Lyons to Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich, calling him \u201ca monstrous human being\u201d and predicting that history would judge him harshly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou will never know peace,\u201d Streever wrote. \u201cYou will torment yourself until your last day on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit said the email contained no threat of violence and was protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn objectively reasonable person would not understand Streever\u2019s email as a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful violence, nor did Streever consciously disregard a substantial risk that his email would be viewed as a threat of violence or intend that his email would be viewed as a threat of violence,\u201d the complaint read.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the complaint alleged DHS agents tracked Streever to his home and later to a hotel, repeatedly called him, monitored his travel, and ultimately served him with a \u201cWarning Notice\u201d informing him that threatening, kidnapping, or murdering a federal official violates federal law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The notice cited federal statutes prohibiting threats against government officials and warned that receipt of the notice would be taken into consideration should Streever \u201ccontinue to be involved in any criminal activities described above.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIRE argued the warning improperly equated protected criticism with criminal threats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe First Amendment freedom to speak out in opposition to police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state,\u201d the complaint states, quoting the Supreme Court\u2019s 1987 decision in <em>Houston v. Hill<\/em>. \u201cOur Constitution does not tolerate such a brazen abuse of authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DHS rejected the allegations in the lawsuit and didn\u2019t directly comment on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny allegation DHS and its components are attempting to \u2018squash\u2019 free speech is categorically FALSE,\u201d said a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2074208454974267678?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2074208454974267678?s=20\">DHS statement<\/a> Monday. \u201cICE investigates all credible threats towards its employees and officers, including threats to the ICE Director. As a matter of policy, we do not comment on any ongoing investigations. Our law enforcement officers are on the frontlines arresting terrorists, gang members, murderers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-seeks-to-change-age-of-consent-to-15\/\" title=\"France Seeks To Change Age Of Consent To 15\">child sex abusers<\/a>, and rapists. They are experiencing coordinated campaigns of violence against them and facing a 1,300% increase in assaults against them, a 3,300% increase in vehicular attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cANYONE who assaults or threatens our law enforcement officers will face the consequences,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit alleged the investigation has left Streever and his family fearful of further retaliation, saying the visits, phone calls, apparent surveillance, and accusations that his email constituted a threat caused \u201canxiety and distress\u201d and dispelled his willingness to criticize ICE and DHS in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStreever has self-censored some speech on social media, including to friends and others online, out of concern that a remark may be misconstrued or trigger continued harassment by federal agents,\u201d the lawsuit alleged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4633301\/trump-profits-gaming-platform-child-predator-epidemic\/\">TRUMP PROFITS FINANCIALLY FROM GAMING PLATFORM FACING LEGAL TROUBLE FOR CHILD PREDATOR EPIDEMIC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complaint also pointed to a June 27 post from the DHS\u2019s X account that warned people who \u201cdoxx\u201d ICE officers would \u201cface the consequences.\u201d FIRE argued the post demonstrates a broader effort by the department to discourage criticism of immigration enforcement, even though Streever did not publish any officer\u2019s personal information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawsuit asked the court to declare the DHS\u2019s actions unconstitutional and prevent the department from taking similar action against protected political speech in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NY man sues DHS over email criticism and First Amendment 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