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US takes back its assertion that Capitol rioters wanted to 'capture and assassinate' officials
CNN ^ | January 16th 2021 | Katelyn Polantz

Posted on 01/15/2021 5:07:24 PM PST by Ennis85

ustice Department prosecutors have formally walked back their assertion in a court filing that said Capitol rioters sought to "capture and assassinate elected officials."

A federal prosecutor in Arizona asked a magistrate judge in a hearing on Friday to strike the line in a recent court filing about defendant Jacob Anthony Chansley, a man who is alleged to have led some in the crowd in the first wave into the Capitol with a bullhorn while carrying a spear and wearing a fur headdress.

The entire line the prosecutors want to omit from their court filing is: "Strong evidence, including Chansley's own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States Government." The stunning move comes a few hours after the Michael Sherwin, the acting US attorney in Washington, DC, said at a press conference there was "no direct evidence of kill and capture teams" at this time in the siege of the Capitol building.

In court, Todd Allison, a line prosecutor for the Justice Department in Arizona, said DOJ may want to argue that type of assertion if Chansley goes to trial, but cannot say that at the moment.

"We do not want to mislead the court by discussing the strength of any specific evidence" related to his intent, Allison said. Chansley will remain in jail as he awaits trial, a judge decided on Friday, after the Justice Department portrayed him as a particularly belligerent leader among the rioters. Chansley's case eventually will move to the federal court in DC. The line was a chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a court filing that the intention was "to capture and assassinate elected officials." Justice Department lawyers have

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: allison; assassinationplots; bisonboy; capitalprotests; capitalriot; capitolriot; chansley; electionfraud; fraud; funerally; furheaddress; oops; spear; toddallison
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1 posted on 01/15/2021 5:07:24 PM PST by Ennis85
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The US prosecutors indeed intended to lie to the Court, the press, and the American people. They did not “mislead”, they lied. I hope the Judge refuses to strike the sentence.


2 posted on 01/15/2021 5:14:44 PM PST by healy61
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Here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3925713/posts


3 posted on 01/15/2021 5:17:20 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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US or CNN ?


4 posted on 01/15/2021 5:18:49 PM PST by wardamneagle (c)
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I am told that this guy is from Tempe, University town. Nothing wrong with that. However, Maga is not a language that is commonly spoken down there. But BLM and its dialect of Antifa is spoken.

I’ve seen BLM/Antifa demonstrations in downtown Tempe, where this guy was reportedly seen. He has been seen at other BLM demonstrations. Is he really a leftist troll/criminal/liar/fool/wanabe terrorist? I don’t know. But it’s early yet. Someone needs to interview and investigate this idiot. I do not trust the MSM or the FBI to ever get to the truth, not now.


5 posted on 01/15/2021 5:19:32 PM PST by Richard Axtell (So, everything has gone to hell, what did I tell ya?)
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Sounds like they are setting up a false flag to go after trump supporters as domestic white supremacists terrorists


6 posted on 01/15/2021 5:19:34 PM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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Seeing a lot of conspiracy theories that “they” meaning Dems are going to JFK Biden and blame it on right wing.

I dont know why Biden would have to cancel a rehearsal when there are 20k troops protecting him.


7 posted on 01/15/2021 5:21:56 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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They got their narrative out. That’s all what they wanted to do.


8 posted on 01/15/2021 5:22:26 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Must be because they are finding BLM and Antifa connections...


9 posted on 01/15/2021 5:25:22 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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To: healy61
The US prosecutors indeed intended to lie to the Court, the press, and the American people. They did not “mislead”, they lied. I hope the Judge refuses to strike the sentence.


Why did the prosecuters feel the need to lie? Couldn't they just convict them on what he actually did?
10 posted on 01/15/2021 5:25:44 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (I do not regret my decision to cut all ties with Fox News. )
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Friday news dump....no one paying attention hardly.


11 posted on 01/15/2021 5:27:05 PM PST by ealgeone
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.... The FBI et-al are colluding with the Democrat Socialist Party in an attempt. without any concrete evidence, to create a contrived narrative to demonize the Right in preparation for the targeted blame for the false flag event about to happen on Wed.


12 posted on 01/15/2021 5:28:37 PM PST by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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btw, why has Trump’s Facebook suddenly been reactivated

Beware of a TRAP, President Trump.


13 posted on 01/15/2021 5:29:20 PM PST by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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They don’t even try to hide it.


14 posted on 01/15/2021 5:29:45 PM PST by Eagles6
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***have formally walked back their assertion ***

And the lie was already around the world before the TRUTH could get it’s shoes on.


15 posted on 01/15/2021 5:35:02 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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US takes back its assertion that Capitol rioters wanted to 'capture and assassinate' officials

CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Katelyn Polantz

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN

Updated 5:46 PM ET, Fri January 15, 2021

(CNN)Justice Department prosecutors have formally walked back their assertion in a court filing that said Capitol rioters sought to "capture and assassinate elected officials."

A federal prosecutor in Arizona asked a magistrate judge in a hearing on Friday to strike the line in a recent court filing about defendant Jacob Anthony Chansley, a man who is alleged to have led some in the crowd in the first wave into the Capitol with a bullhorn while carrying a spear and wearing a fur headdress.

The entire line the prosecutors want to omit from their court filing is: "Strong evidence, including Chansley's own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States Government."

The stunning move comes a few hours after Michael Sherwin, the acting US attorney in Washington, DC, said at a press conference there was "no direct evidence of kill and capture teams" at this time in the siege of the Capitol building.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/capitol-capture-assassinate-elected-officials/index.html?utm_content=2021-01-15T15%3A20%3A10&utm_source=twcnnbrk&

16 posted on 01/15/2021 5:35:27 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Law & order took the last train out of DC and America on election/coup/night, Tues., Nov. 03, 2020!)
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I don’t think there’s any way to “walk back” a sham impeachment unfortunately.


17 posted on 01/15/2021 5:39:34 PM PST by Freee-dame (It’s too bad that the chief of police of the capital police was not granted extra troops for last We)
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sounds like perjury obstruction of justice defrauding the government etc..cut his #@!!$ OFF...ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP


18 posted on 01/15/2021 5:45:18 PM PST by rolling_stone (usa nice experiment ruined by "progressives'" )
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BTW, anyone see that weasel Peter Strzok lately?


19 posted on 01/15/2021 5:53:33 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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Yet Lester Holt is still reporting it on the news tonight


20 posted on 01/15/2021 5:58:10 PM PST by BlackAdderess (IMO Congress is a symptom whereas K Street is the problem)
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