Judge rules anti-Trump group can fly '86 47' flag, rejects it's a call for political violence
Displaying an “86 47” flag cannot be interfered with by the National Park Service, a federal judge ruled Monday — the same anti-Trump message that led to former FBI Director James B. Comey’s indictment for threatening the president. The left-wing group Accountability Now USA, which has been protesting President Trump 24/7 near the National Mall, cannot have their permit to protest revoked, U.S.
- ▪Displaying an “86 47” flag cannot be interfered with by the National Park Service, a federal judge ruled Monday — the same anti-Trump message that led to former FBI Director James B.
- ▪Comey’s indictment for threatening the president.
- ▪The left-wing group Accountability Now USA, which has been protesting President Trump 24/7 near the National Mall, cannot have their permit to protest revoked, U.S.
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Displaying an “86 47” flag cannot be interfered with by the National Park Service, a federal judge ruled Monday — the same anti-Trump message that led to former FBI Director James B. Comey’s indictment for threatening the president. The left-wing group Accountability Now USA, which has been protesting President Trump 24/7 near the National Mall, cannot have their permit to protest revoked, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss said in a two-week restraining order Monday. Judge Moss, an Obama appointee, rejected the notion that the phrase is a cryptic message of violence against the president, determining that “no reasonable observer could have viewed [Accountability Now USA’s] display of the flag as a threat to the president’s life or physical safety.” He said that it is “difficult to fathom…
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