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After the riot, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced that he was considering arresting Trump, Donald Trump Jr., ” ) In other words, the natural and probable consequences doctrine may apply to felony murder, but it is not properly applied to attempted murder. Those are plenty to start with.”.
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