The Justice Department is dropping its case against a woman who laughed during Attorney General Jeff Sessions‘s confirmation hearing earlier this year, according to a court filing.
The nolle prosequi filing, obtained by HuffPost, means that the government will dismiss the charges against Desiree Fairooz, an activist affiliated with the anti-war group Code Pink, who was arrested in January for laughing during Sessions’s confirmation hearing.
Fairooz reportedly chuckled after Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said during the hearing that Sessions’s track record of “treating all Americans equally under the law is clear and well-documented.”
Sessions’s nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcement official drew criticism from civil rights activists, who argued that he has a history of racist statements and would not apply the law equally as attorney general.
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