The White House counselor was confronted at a restaurant by Maryland woman, police said.
By Dan Morse Dan Morse Reporter covering courts and crime in Montgomery County, Md. Email Bio Follow April 15 at 9:02 AM Prosecutors in Maryland dropped criminal charges against a woman accused of accosting White House counselor Kellyanne Conway over her political views at a Mexican restaurant near Washington.
At that time, police alleged that Mary Elizabeth Inabinett, 63, of Chevy Chase, had been at Uncle Julio’s in Bethesda when she approached Conway from behind, grabbed her shoulders briefly and yelled “shame on you” among other statements. The altercation resulted in Inabinett being removed from the restaurant, according to court documents, and followed a series of incidents in the Washington area where employees of President Trump were taunted and heckled in public.
“Was this woman rude? Yes,” McCarthy said. “Did she violate Ms. Conway’s space and try to embarrass her? Yes, and yes. Is this a case where criminal sanctions would have been appropriate? No.” “Dropping this case was a very reasonable exercise in prosecutorial discretion,” said David Felsen, a veteran defense attorney in the county.
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