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October 30, 2019

Journalist Max Blumenthal Says He Was Arrested on False Charges
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Max Blumenthal, editor of the website The Grayzone, reports he was
arrested at his home in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25 by a team of
police, in what he describes as an attack on the press. Blumenthal says
he was arrested on a five-month-old warrant for assaulting a Venezuelan
opposition member during protests at the Venezuelan embassy in March.
Blumenthal denies the charges. He says he was held in jail for two days,
shackled for five hours and denied a phone call.


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