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REPORT: AG William Barr Suggested Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition

Emily Zanotti
REPORT: AG William Barr Suggested Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition
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In a phone call with federal prosecutors last week, Attorney General William Barr suggested that individuals arrested during “violent protests” like those in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, could be charged with “sedition.”

“Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors in a call last week that they should consider charging rioters and others who committed violent crimes at protests in recent months with sedition, according to two people familiar with the call,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

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