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Charges Have Been Dropped Against Most Turkish Officers in D.C. Clash - WSJ

Charges Have Been Dropped Against Most Turkish Officers in D.C. Clash Case had caused a rift between the U.S. and Turkey

By Dion Nissenbaum and Del Quentin Wilber
March 21, 2018 11:55 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against 11 of 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security team who were accused in connection with the beating of protesters during their visit to Washington last year, the latest twist in a case that caused a diplomatic rift between the U.S. and Turkey.

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