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Federal agents depart Seattle after pressure from local and Washington state officials
[SEATTLETIMES] A federal security detail recently deployed to the Seattle area has withdrawn after pressure from local and state officials, Gov. Jay Inslee...Governor of Washington state, failed candidate for the 2020 Dem presidential campaign, mainly because nobody outside the state and some inside had ever heard of him. He complained, complained, complained that the Trump administration wasn't doing enough to help the state, then returned an Army field hospital and 400 ventilators that didn't get used... ’s office announced Tuesday. The tactical team of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents had flown to the Seattle area last week to beef up security at federal buildings amid recent protests. But after objections by officials, including Inslee, Seattle Mayor Jenny Summer of LoveDurkan  ...Democrat Maress of Seattle, who allowed a chunk of the downtown of her city to be turned into an autonomous combat zone...and King County Executive Dow Constantine — who said a federal show of force could fan festivities similar to those occurring nightly in Portland — the forces departed the Seattle area. Durkan’s office received notice of the withdrawal in an email Tuesday from John Hill, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assistant secretary. "I have confirmed with [CBP] that their personnel demobilized and left Seattle," Hill wrote in an email to city officials, which was provided to The Seattle Times by Durkan’s office. While the local and state Democratic elected officials crowed about the departure, U.S. Attorney Brian Moran downplayed the significance in a statement. "As I stated Friday, a handful of law enforcement officers were summoned to Seattle to protect our federal buildings," Moran said. "[Seattle Police] Chief Best, who would know, saw no federal law enforcement officers clashing with protestors throughout all of this chaos. She saw none, because the officers who were summoned to Seattle were exactly where I said they would be: protecting federal buildings and the functions in those buildings." The precise size and location of the security team had never been revealed. Constantine said in a tweet last week that a federal plane had landed at Boeing Field and "more than a dozen personnel" had driven away to an undisclosed location. Posted by: Fred 2020-07-29 |
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