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The Intercept: With Last Charges Against J20 Protesters Dropped, Defendants Seek Accountability For Prosecutors

Last Friday afternoon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia dismissed charges against the 39 remaining J20 Inauguration Day protesters under indictment.

US drops charges against remaining J20 anti-Trump defendants

Charges against last 39 people arrested over their alleged involvement in a Trump Inauguration Day rally were dismissed, per Al Jazeera News.

Spreading the word on the Save Free Speech Campaign

Listen: Mara spoke with producer Sue Goodwin on WPFW’s “Monday Morning QB” show with Askia Muhammad (WPFW is Washington, D.C.’s Pacifica radio outlet). Also interviewed was veteran organizer and activist Eugene Puryear. Listen to that 7-minute interview here. Listen: Mara…

FAIR talks with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about criminalizing protest

The truth is this country has a rich tradition of radicalism and dissent, struggle in many ways being the thing that has pulled us forward.

Letter to US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on behalf of Dr. Jill Stein

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, constitutional rights attorney with the PCJF, is representing Jill Stein, the 2016 Green Party Presidential candidate, before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election. This matter raises critical public interest…

D.C. Police and the Feds Partner With Hard Right to Convict Trump Protesters

The capital’s cops and right-wingers are apparently working together, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by PCJF against D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Karl A. Racine in the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Lawsuit Over Police Collusion with Right-Wing Organizations to Infiltrate and Surveil Protest Groups

PCJF Lawsuit demands disclosure of documents on MPD’s work with Project Veritas, Oath Keepers and other private organizations.

PCJF Opposes Trump’s Dept of Interior Plan to Obstruct Access to Public Information

The PCJF challenges proposed FOIA rules as creating “Obstructive Shell Game” and a “Political Gatekeeping Maneuver.”

Charges Dropped Against 129 Trump Inauguration Protesters — But Dozens Still Face Prison

The Government’s case against the J20 defendants is falling apart, The Intercept reports.

Interview: The Political Prosecution of J20 Protesters

Alex Rubinstein, an independent journalist falsely arrested during the “J20” protests at the Trump inauguration, interviews PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard.

Group Investigating Police Conduct on Inauguration Day has History of Siding with Police

“For there to be a truly independent investigation, it would need to be through an entity that has no ties to police departments, police officials, or former police officials," Mara Verheyden-Hilliard told The Intercept.

PCJF Lawsuit Confirms: Police Failed to Issue Dispersal Orders on J20

A public records request and lawsuit by the PCJF confirms that MPD actions on January 20 violated laws enacted by the D.C. Council as well as the MPD’s own Standard Operating Procedures.