government has dropped all charges against max blumenthal editor of the investigative outlet gray zone over his alleged assault against a venezuelan opposition activist now the journalist is vowing he will seek justice in october the d.c. police arrested blumenthal on a warrant issued 5 months previously he was detained for nearly 2 days the case was based soley on the venezuelan opposition activists claim that ben blumenthal and a friend had assaulted her during a protest at the venice while an embassy in washington blumenthal and his friends say they were there to deliver food to the embassy workers well according to gray zone of blumenthal's that lawyers have made multiple requests for secret service call recordings and reports log to the place and date of the alleged assault but the us prosecutor failed to fill the request saying the requested records did not exist. before this week about the clock to the man at the very center of the case is the off the gray zone max blumenthal max thanks for joining us let's start here why have the allegations against you been dropped now. well 1

government has dropped assault charges against journalist max blumenthal he was accused of attacking a supporter of venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president won by doe back in october police arrested blumenthal at his home on a 5 month old warrant he spent 2 days in prison with he claims no access to a lawyer the case was based on the testimony of activist chico she claims that in may blumenthal and his friend assaulted her during a protest at the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. the journalist says the allegations are false. the case was dropped because it was a phony case based on a false allegation no one assaulted any venezuelan woman outside the embassy in fact it was the activists in the journalists outside who were being assaulted by a right wing venezuelan opposition that was colluding with the u.s. secret service in order to starve out group of activists inside the embassy who are defending international law against the trump administration's coup attempt or not seeking retribution and seeking justice and protection for other journalists and activists like me becau

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