The US attorney's office in DC is dismissing charges against all but 59 of the 188 defendants still

[Gothmog]

Trump and Sessions brought bogus rioting charges for the protesters at the inauguration. The first set of defendants were found not guilty by the jury. The US attorney's office in DC is dismissing charges against all but 59 of the 188 defendants still facing charges in the Inauguration Day rioting cases

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The first cases should never have gone to trial. Now Sessions and Trump appear to be backing off.

[Gothmog]

1. Prosecutors drop charges against more than 100 inauguration riot defendants

These charges should have never been brought in the first place http://thehill.com/homenews/news/369636-prosecutors-drop-charges-against-more-than-100-inauguration-riot-defendants

Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against more than 100 people arrested in the Inauguration Day protests.

The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia announced Thursday that it would proceed with charges against 59 defendants.

More than 200 people were arrested during the protests on charges ranging from conspiracy to engage in a riot to destruction of property.

A jury in a D.C. Superior Court last month acquitted six people on all charges, leaving 188 who were scheduled to face trial in small groups throughout this year.

According to the Notice of Intent to Proceed released Thursday, all charges have been dropped except for those against the 59 people named in the document, which include felony charges.
The large number of protesters was arrested and blamed for more than $100,000 of damage that occurred across D.C. on Inauguration Day. The U.S. Attorney’s office noted specifically the “unpermitted anti-capitalist march” that made use of a “black bloc” tactic, in which black-clad participants move as one group engaging in destruction of property.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Class action malicious prosecution suit for a fake public protest prosecution would be a first.