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  • 2018-06-29 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Maxine Waters is not facing criminal charges (en)
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  • Is U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., getting criminally charged? Waters’ call to confront members of President Donald Trump’s administration during a June 23 rally in Los Angeles not only drew criticism, but sparked a series of inaccurate headlines and stories. Maxine Waters Is Getting Criminally Charged!, read a headline on ConservativePost.com. Like the claim that a Trump supporter had tried to murder Waters, this headline is false. Facebook flagged this story as part of its efforts to combat false news and misinformation on Facebook's News Feed. ( Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) Laura Loomer, a conservative investigative journalist, is charging ‘Auntie’ Maxine for assault, citing Waters hit her hand and swatted her face with office papers, the article reads. The blog post cites a tweet by Loomer that reads: BREAKING: Today I filed a police report w/ @CapitolPolice against @RepMaxineWaters . Yesterday when I confronted her on Capitol Hill, she ASSAULTED me. She hit my hand, then she swatted me in the face twice w/ her papers. I’m pressing charges against her. BREAKING: Today I filed a police report w/ @CapitolPolice against @RepMaxineWaters . Yesterday when I confronted her on Capitol Hill, she ASSAULTED me. She hit my hand, then she swatted me in the face twice w/ her papers. I’m pressing charges against her. https://t.co/t6GiTwI97x — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) June 27, 2018 A video Loomer posted of the incident shows Loomer chasing after Waters in the halls of Congress. Waters responds each question by saying a variation of, Come to my office, I’ll be happy to sit down with you. We can’t talk on the run. When Loomer does not desist, Waters holds a piece of paper over her face and waves Loomer’s recording device away. Waters eventually walks into a members-only elevator on her way to a vote. Filing a police report does not equate having criminal charges brought against Waters. A criminal charge can only be made by a government authority, which Loomer is not. A police report could trigger a criminal charge if a prosecutor brought the charges to a grand jury and they chose to pursue it, Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University, told us. But the mere filing of a complaint by an individual who feels aggrieved does not constitute a criminal charge. Bloggers said Waters is getting criminally charged. But that’s a misreading of what happened, and how the U.S. criminal justice system works. We rate this statement False. Share the Facts 2018-06-29 18:21:00 UTC PolitiFact 2 1 7 PolitiFact Rating: False Maxine Waters Is Getting Criminally Charged! ConservativePost.com Blogger https://conservativepost.com/maxine-waters-is-getting-criminally-charged/ In a blog post headline Thursday, June 28, 2018 2018-06-28 Read More info (en)
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