Doctor involved in road rage incident with Rep. Max Miller called him ‘this racist Jewish,’ newly released video shows
‘That’s crazy, this racist Jewish, he can’t even look at me,’ Feras Hamdan says in the video
By Hannah Feuer July 16, 2025
The doctor accused of threatening to kill Jewish Rep. Max Miller called the Congressman “this racist Jewish” and “that piece of sh*t f***** congressman that’s against Palestine,” newly released video shows.
“That’s that Congressman, that piece of sh*t f***** congressman that’s against Palestine,” Feras Hamdan, who was indicted last week on felony charges of ethnic intimidation and tampering with evidence, says in the video as he drives alongside Miller.
“That’s crazy, this racist Jewish, he can’t even look at me,” Hamdan continues.
The video, recovered from Hamdan’s phone by Rocky River detective Mike Asbury, was recorded on June 19, when prosecutors allege Hamdan ran Miller off the highway, shouted “F**k Jews,” and threatened to kill Miller and his family.
Hamdan, a 36-year-old Cleveland-area doctor, appears to have taken an interest in Miller months before the June 19 road rage incident that led to his arrest.
“It appears that Hamdan significantly dislikes Miller and that he potentially spends a lot of time looking up and searching things on the internet about Max Miller,” Detective Asbury wrote in a report detailing findings from the forensic review of Hamdan’s phone.
On Oct. 17, 2023, Miller messaged a WhatsApp group: “That POS is Jewish. Max Miller from Shaker Hts ohio. Went to Cleveland state and graduated my year. He married the daughter of Bernie Moreno from North Olmsted Mercedes’ Benz. Trump promotes them like crzy…not exaggerating when they say politicians sleep together.”
Miller’s estranged wife is Emily Moreno Miller, the daughter of Republican Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno. The two recently reached a divorce settlement after a contentious custody battle in which Miller subpoenaed Sen. Moreno.
In Feb. 2024, Hamdan sent a message to a WhatsApp group writing “Need to get Max Miller out!” Someone in the group responded “We need to charge Max Miller with genocide.”
Miller, a Republican and former Trump aide, said shortly after the attacks of Oct. 7 that Palestine would get “turned into a parking lot” and that there should be “no rules of engagement” as Israel seeks to eliminate Hamas.
On June 19, the day of the road rage incident that led to Hamdan’s arrest, Hamdan’s phone shows searches for “maxwell miller carpet bomb gaza” “maxwell miller turn Gaza into a parking lot” and “maxwell miller fox news,” according to the forensic report.
That morning, Hamdan sent messages in a WhatsApp group chat reading, “Maxwell Miller pos,” “Bro you won’t believe who I got it into w this am,” and “Wallah he looked like he wanted to cry, scared lil prick.”
Detective Asbury also recovered an image of a Palestinian flag on Hamdan’s phone. In a written statement to police, Miller said that the driver who threatened him showed him a photo of a Palestinian flag on his phone.
Issa Elkhatib, the lawyer representing Hamdan, wrote in a statement that the language in the video “was the product of a moment of political frustration…particulary his inflammatory statements regarding Palestinian civilians and foreign policy issues” — but was “not part of any threat, nor was it motivated by hatred of any kind.”
Hamdan is “human and expressed himself harshly in a charged exchange. But what he did not do is threaten, intimidate, or attempt to harm anyone,” Elkhatib wrote. “That distinction matters. Political disagreement — even when passionately expressed — is not a crime, and conflating it with violence is both dishonest and dangerous.”
Hamdan’s arraignment hearing is scheduled for July 25.
