Excerpt from CBS News. Read the full article here.
“The government’s attempt to criminally punish a protestor based on expressive conduct targeted for prosecution by presidential order posed a grave threat to First Amendment freedoms,” Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, an attorney for Carey, said in a statement provided to CBS News Friday night. “The Justice Department’s about-face is a critical vindication of those rights. This case also lays the groundwork for defending those across the country who are targeted for vindictive prosecution by the Trump Administration in an effort to silence and punish viewpoint it doesn’t like. This is a victory for democracy and the First Amendment.”