Federal prosecutors retracted an earlier claim in legal papers filed yesterday in an Arizona court. Previously, prosecutors claimed that supporters of President Donald Trump planned to “capture and assassinate elected public officials” during the Capitol siege.
U.S. Justice Department investigators said they have not found any evidence that the rioters who stormed the Capitol last week intended to capture and kill any lawmakers, according to AFP. Federal prosecutors retracted their earlier claim in legal papers filed yesterday in an Arizona court, the source said. Previously, prosecutors claimed that supporters of President Donald Trump planned to capture and assassinate elected public officials during the Capitol siege.
The report said the prosecution had previously made this argument in an effort to avoid a court decision to allow Trump fan Jacob Anthony Chansley to post bail. Chansley’s photo of him topless, wearing a bullhorn hat and carrying a spear, made it into the global media on June 6. But Arizona prosecutors yesterday withdrew their original claim of assassination charges against the congressman. The Justice Department said it has not found any evidence to support a serious attempt to do so, despite calls to capture specific lawmakers and assassinate Vice President Mike Pence during the attack.
Michael Sherwin, the federal district attorney in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing the investigation into the attack on the Capitol, told reporters yesterday, “There is no direct evidence of an assassination-cum-capture squad and assassination (attempt).
According to AFP, the Capitol remains under heavy security today, however.
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