Posted on 07/02/2020 8:30:51 AM PDT by NoLibZone
Jason Charter was arrested at his residence Thursday morning, sources say
Federal law enforcement officials on Thursday arrested a man in Washington they call a “ringleader” in the recent attempt to destroy the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square near the White House.
Law enforcement sources tell Fox News that Jason Charter was arrested at his residence Thursday morning, without incident, and charged with destruction of federal property. These sources add that Charter has connections to Antifa and was in a leadership role on the night of June 22 when a large group of protesters tried to pull down the statue.
CHARGES IN ATTEMPT TO TAKE DOWN JACKSON STATUE
“They were very organized,” a federal law enforcement official said. “Charter was on top of the statue and directing people ... they had acid, chisels, straps and a human chain preventing police from getting to the statue.”
Protesters say the Andrew Jackson statue is offensive because he was a slave owner and because of his treatment of Native Americans.
Another man, Graham Lloyd, 37, turned himself in for similar charges in Portland, Maine, and had an initial appearance in federal court there on Wednesday afternoon. Lloyd is also accused of destruction of federal property for his role in the attempt to take down the Jackson statue.
TRUMP CRACKS DOWN ON SUSPECTED VANDALS
A magistrate judge in Maine has transferred Lloyd’s case to federal court in Washington D.C.
These arrests come in the wake of the June 24 executive order signed by President Trump intended to protect monuments and statues.
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“These sources add that Charter has connections to Antifa and was in a leadership role on the night of June 22 when a large group of protesters tried to pull down the statue.”
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He issued an Executive Order several weeks back declaring Antifa a Domestic Terrorist Organization.
That’s why the Hollywood Lefties got so quiet.....
Vandals my Ass, they are Domestic Terrorists and should be in Guantanamo Bay
And with it being on Fed property, the local nuts and no-nuts cannot stop the prosecution.
I dont think so. I was going to write that it will be interesting to see if he is charged with aiding a terrorist organization.
To date, all of this Antifa talk seems to be BS. No arrests. No declarations. Just yak-yak.
When are the conservatives going to realize they are getting played-—again?
I wonder if the Feds arrested the savages that injured dozens of Federal law enforcement officers? At least some of the attacks were in video.
AntiFA has taken over the Democrat party, the media, all of education, the dept of Justice. Is there ANYTHING AntiFa hasn’t taken over???
Dictators do this to eliminate icons of civilization. That makes civilization pliable for indoctrination.
Our courageous forebears serve as an example. Robert E Lee. Christopher Columbus. et al. These men were courageous and exceptional.
Everybody has had faults. Racist or whatever. Everybody has skeletons in the closet.
The mongrels will ultimately get around to somebody even the cracker liberals love, but by then, there's nobody left to call.
Glad to see criminals like this identified and arrested for their crimes. If you don’t like a public statue or monument, talk to your legislature. You don’t get to just destroy public property because you decide you don’t like it. That’s anarchy.
My concern as always is that no D.C. jury will vote to convict them.
If you are serious about taking down Antifa you need to start the perp walks on college campuses where faculty conduct forward support operations.
They won't. It will be much like 2008 for the voters. White guilt from females gave us Obama. White guilt from males will give us DEM control at the national level with no oversight.
Check out the local coverage for Graham Lloyd...
Love the no address bit. IIRC, the perps’’s a public employee in Maine.
No pic of the perp, either.
Contrast this coverage with the McCloskeys.
No pic of the ME perp in any Maine coverage that I’ve looked at.
Go figure.
Yep.....my home and property and they never will.
Excellent. Give him a long stint in a federal prison.
Yes, but I don’t think it has any real legal significance. He has said he was declaring them a “domestic terrorist” group.
I thought when someone was designated a terrorist group it opened the doors to go after their funding?
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