Federal Prosecutor Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens Faces Charges Over Edited Videos in 2017 Trump Protest Cases

Jul 17, 2024, 12:20 PM

A U.S. federal prosecutor, Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens, is facing disciplinary charges for allegedly using deceptively edited videos as evidence in criminal cases against individuals arrested during the 2017 inauguration protests of Republican President Donald Trump. The videos, sourced from Project Veritas, reportedly omitted footage showing protesters advocating for non-violence and de-escalation tactics, which could have been beneficial to the defense. The prosecutor is accused of withholding this exculpatory evidence, thereby strengthening the government's argument that the defendants had planned to riot.