US Attorney Calls DC Mayor's Accusations 'Patently False'

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON, DC — The office of Michael Sherwin, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, issued a response Monday to accusations leveled by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, saying the office was not prosecuting suspects charged for causing violence at recent peaceful demonstrations.

"When we make arrests for violent protests, we need those violent agitators to be prosecuted," Bowser said, during a Monday press briefing. "When we arrest people for felony charges, we need the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, who is a federal appointee of the president, to prosecute them. Right now, there's no accountability for the people who came to these protests and attacked our police."

As of Sunday, 68 felony warrants are awaiting processing by the U.S. Attorney's Office, including three assaults on Metropolitan Police Department officers, Bowser said. Two of those charges were submitted in June and one in July. Some of the warrants dated back to November 2019.

On Monday evening, Bowser posted a letter addressed to Sherwin on her official Twitter account.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. There is no such thing as violent protests, violent agitators have abandoned protest for crime.

Doesn't matter where they are on the ideological spectrum.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Be interesting to see the breakdown by race and political leanings of the people who's warrants

are processed and who get charged vs. those who's warrants are sitting in the queue.