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Judge throws out conviction for Code Pink activist arrested after laughing during Jeff Sessions’ confirmation

By Josh Siegel
Published July 15, 2017 12:22am ET
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Judge throws out conviction for Code Pink activist arrested after laughing during Jeff Sessions’ confirmation
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A Washington judge on Friday threw out the conviction of a protester who was arrested after laughing during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Senate confirmation hearing in January.

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