Prosecutors Drop Rioting Charge Against 1 Journalist, Fate of 6 Others Unclear

U.S. News & World Report ^

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Prosecutors announced Friday afternoon that they are dropping a felony rioting charge against one of the journalists arrested covering a violent confrontation outside President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Evan Engel, a senior producer at Vocativ, and six other journalists were among a crowd of 235 people penned in and arrested following a dramatic chase through the streets of downtown Washington. At least four other journalists were released without charges.

Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in the nation’s capital, issued a statement saying the office would no longer pursue the felony rioting case against Engel. The charge carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and a large fine.

[Carl Vehse]

No plea bargaining.

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Nip it in the bud.

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Of course, they always drop the charges when the high powered liberal lawyers walk into the courtroom. No judge wants to deal with their litany of whining, obscure references, constant irrelevant objections and generally making a circus of the courtroom.

Here in my town they ticketed hundreds of occupy idiots and the people cheered. Later they quietly dropped all the charges.