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October 16, 2020

Trump Celebrates Apparent Extrajudicial Killing by U.S. Marshals Carrying Out His Orders
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Ahead of Thursday's dueling town hall events, President Trump rallied
some 2,000 supporters in Greenville, North Carolina, where people packed
shoulder to shoulder and few wore masks. In a shocking moment, Trump
appeared to admit that he ordered U.S. Marshals to carry out the
extrajudicial killing of anti-fascist activist Michael Reinoehl in
Washington state on September 3.

President Donald Trump: "We sent in the U.S. Marshals. Took 15 minutes.
It was over. Fifteen minutes, it was over. We got him. They knew who he
was. They didn't want to arrest him. And 15 minutes, that ended."

Last month Trump bragged about Reinoehl's killing in an interview with
Fox News, saying, "There has to be retribution." Reinoehl was believed
to have killed a far-right protester.


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