Justice Dept.: Sedition charge may apply to protest violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are encouraging prosecutors to consider bringing rarely used sedition charges for some cases against demonstrators. A memo Thursday says the statute could “potentially apply to some of the violent acts that have occurred.” Attorney General William Barr is pushing his U.S. attorneys to bring federal charges whenever they can, keeping a grip on cases even if a defendant could be tried instead in state court. That’s according to