Authorities have made 51 arrests for federal crimes related to rioting, Attorney General William Barr said Thursday, blaming the violence and destruction on antifa as well as agitators “of a variety of different political persuasions.”
Mr. Barr, who has deployed all federal law-enforcement agencies to help quell the unrest, also said the federal investigation into the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked demonstrations nationwide, is continuing.
Authorities made 51 arrests for federal crimes related to rioting, Attorney General William Barr said, citing agitators "of a variety of different political persuasions" https://t.co/XVKes68vZY
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