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Prosecutors drop case against man charged in Capitol riot

by Michael KunzelmanJacques Billeaud
| June 3, 2021 12:06 AM

Federal prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against a New York man who was accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, in what appears to be the first such move by the Justice Department in its sprawling Jan. 6 prosecution.

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