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You are here: Home / Crime / U.S. Takes Back Claim Rioters Wanted to ‘Capture’ Officials

U.S. Takes Back Claim Rioters Wanted to ‘Capture’ Officials

January 16, 2021 at 9:26 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Justice Department prosecutors have formally walked back their assertion in a court filing that said Capitol rioters sought to ‘capture and assassinate elected officials,'” CNN reports.

“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.”

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