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U.S. Attorneys Drop All Charges Against Inauguration Day Protesters

   DailyWire.com

On Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s office for Washington, D. C. quietly dropped all charges leveled against protesters arrested during President Donald Trump’s inauguration — a mere 532 days after they were captured blocking traffic and destroying public property.

The Daily Caller reports that of the 234 protesters arrested on January 21, 2017, around 200 were eventually charged. Twenty-one protesters pleaded guilty before trial, the Caller says, but “prosecutors failed to secure any convictions” for those protesters who chose to go to trial.

Jurors refused to levy guilty verdicts against many of the demonstrators, saying videos, allegedly showing the protesters destroying government property, were too blurry, and the jury couldn’t draw a connection between the protesters on trial and those pictured on the security camera footage.

Earlier this year, prosecutors dropped charges against around 150 protesters arrested on Inauguration Day. The U.S. Attorney’s office, last week, filed a motion to dismiss charges against any remaining protesters.

“The destruction that occurred during these criminal acts was in sharp contrast to the peaceful demonstrations and gatherings that took place over the Inauguration weekend in the District of Columbia, and created a danger for all who were nearby,” a statement, released by prosecutors, read.

Protesters caused more than $100,000 in damage to D.C. city property, and even more to private property.

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