Prosecutor says alleged Trump inauguration rioters are ‘hiding behind the First Amendment’

Published December 14, 2017 8:34pm ET



A federal prosecutor said Thursday that jurors must convict six people arrested during President Trump’s inauguration because they “agreed to destroy your city and now they are hiding behind the First Amendment.”

The trial of the first group of inauguration defendants is widely watched, and the verdicts will set the tone for trials of more than 180 other people mass-arrested on Jan. 20.

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