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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&

9 posted on 01/15/2021 5:49:22 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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To: Grampa Dave

*Snort* The cat is out of the bag. The libel has been thrown. Even if the FBI is sincere, the only people who will bend an ear to hear it are Trump’s supporters. The Left will conveniently forget that retraction was ever released.


19 posted on 01/15/2021 5:56:13 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Grampa Dave
Interesting that the NBC nightly news tonight was still spewing that crap about capturing and assassinating elected officials.

The FBI is no better than the MSM and is purely another weapon in the arsenal of the dems. IMO

22 posted on 01/15/2021 5:57:32 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Grampa Dave

I had not heard that. Good find.


49 posted on 01/15/2021 8:08:56 PM PST by ethical
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