U.S. officials have dropped federal assault charges against 11 Turkish security officers who were involved in an attack on peaceful protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in May, the latest development in an almost yearlong saga spanning the realms of local law enforcement and international diplomacy.
Motions to dismiss charges against four members in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security team were filed in November and seven others in February. But the dismissals were first revealed late Wednesday and reported by The Wall Street Journal and the Turkish newspaper the Daily Sabah.
The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia confirmed in an email Thursday that the charges had been dropped but declined to say why.
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