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Statement from U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling on Breach of U.S. Capitol

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts

            “Yesterday’s events in Washington were shocking and, once peaceful demonstrations turned violent, they became criminal. The Constitution protects the right to freedom of speech and assembly. What is does not protect is a violent assault on government institutions. Americans on the right and left must re-learn the difference. Anyone who traveled from Massachusetts with the intent to commit such crimes will be prosecuted in the District of Massachusetts.”

Updated January 7, 2021
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