The district attorney for the Western District of Washington said no one at the Justice Department (DOJ) said that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan should be the subject of a criminal investigation or face charges in connection with the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP).
U.S. Attorney Brian Moran made the remarks in a Sept. 16 statement, following media reports, including one by The New York Times, claiming that Attorney General William Barr asked prosecutors in the DOJ’s civil right division to look into the possibility of charging Durkan with crimes for allowing some Seattle residents to establish a protest zone in the city this summer.
