DOJ Moves to Dismiss Case Against January 6 Protestor -- It Always Begins With a Trickle
AP Photo/John Minchillo On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the criminal complaint filed against defendant Christopher Kelly on January 20, 2021. Kelly was charged in connection with the January 6 protests on Capitol Hill. There are several issues worth commenting on here. First, Kelly has never been indicted by a grand jury even though there have been grand jury indictments handed down as soon as the week following the protests. Kelly was charged by way of a criminal complaint obtained by the FBI, relying on an affidavit filed by Special Agent Michael Andretta, an...