
The University of Michigan student who attacked and made death threats toward a conservative journalist and activist on campus yesterday has now been identified, and it’s been revealed that she was released from jail pending charges for only a misdemeanor.
The university is also asking groups to take down video of the violent student’s assault as they apparently try to hide the incident from the public.
If the roles were reversed with a conservative attacking and hurling death threats at a liberal, they’d likely be charged with a felony, expelled from the university, and canceled in every aspect of life.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Liz Benichou, a Jewish activist who was filming man-on-the-street interviews on campus, was shoved to the ground by the lunatic, identified as an Abdul El-Sayed supporter, during a conversation on the street.
After throwing Benichou to the ground and then attempting to jump on top of her, bystanders held the woman back until police could arrest her.
“What the f*ck are you going to do to me because I hit a f*cking dumb ass b*tch in the face?” she screamed as a cop slapped handcuffs on her.
Later, she screamed at Benichou, “You stupid f*cking c*nt,” and said, “I should have f*cking killed you when I had the f*cking chance!”
When a bystander screamed, “go to a mental hospital b*tch,” she exposed herself as mentally ill.
“I’ve already been to a mental hospital, and I’ll go again!” she fired back.
Via Cam Higby on X:
Higby later uncovered the attacker’s Instagram page and her as Temulun Togochong.
Guess who I found https://t.co/dWFuobnhtV
— Cam Higby
(@camhigby) November 1, 2026
In a follow-up post, Higby revealed that police told the victim, Benechou, that Togochong was only charged with misdemeanor simple assault, and “she is not still in custody.” They said, “The Washtenaw County jail, because the offense is just a misdemeanor, would not hold her on the charge,” and “she doesn’t have any bail or anything.”
Police say that the psycho who attacked @basedinmalibu HAS BEEN LET GO
Prosecutors refused to hold despite the fact that she made terroristic threats, brutally assaulted Liz, smacked @teameffujoe in the face, tried to punch me, and resisted arrest. https://t.co/e1qUXHhCcD
— Cam Higby
(@camhigby) November 2, 2026
Higby later shared that the University of Michigan is now calling the campus activist group Reawaken USA and asking them to take the video off their pages “due to negative blowback on lunatic, Temulun Togochog,” Higby wrote.
@UMich please confirm or deny if this happened and whether or not Temulun is still on campus.
— Cam Higby
(@camhigby) November 3, 2026
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