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DOJ's Crackdown on Protesters Yielded No Felony Convictions in 12 Trials, Report Finds

The Department of Justice seal and logo (Credit: Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The Justice Department failed to secure a felony conviction in any of the 12 trials stemming from its crackdown on protesters accused of assaulting federal authorities in Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C.

The Associated Press tracked 167 arrests during protests last summer and fall in Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland and Washington, D.C., where President Donald Trump sought to or succeeded in deploying the National Guard.

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