Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said “outrage” was his first reaction when he learned a judge had released a Tesla arson suspect from federal custody due to gender transitioning needs, telling Newsmax on Tuesday it’s the “height of absurdity.”

Bailey joined “National Report” to discuss the case of Owen McIntire, a 19-year-old who stands accused of firebombing a Tesla dealership in Kansas City, Missouri, in March. The FBI arrested McIntire on April 18 in Boston, where McIntire was a University of Massachusetts physics student.

Days later, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica Hedges, in the District of Massachusetts, released McIntire to his parents, writing, “He also receives gender-affirming medical care, which began in March of this year and is likely to be interrupted or terminated entirely if he remains in pretrial detention.”

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