A Long Island town locked in a federal discrimination lawsuit hired a traffic expert accused of openly hating Muslims, beating coworkers, and submitting a “sham” traffic study around a local mosque, according to court documents.

Jeffrey Buckholz admitted he was a “bigot” in a pre-trial deposition on Oct. 3 in a long-standing lawsuit battle between the Town of Oyster Bay and the Muslims of Long Island group, which wants to expand a mosque in Bethpage.

After discovering that Buckholz’s LinkedIn account was riddled with racist and anti-Muslim posts, attorneys for MOLI called him in for a deposition last week where he admitted to and doubled down on his views. 3

“Maybe that makes me a bigot, but so be it,” Buckholz said under oath about his views on Muslims and immigrants, according to

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