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According to the indictment, an FBI special agent contacted Mercado by phone the day before the event to discuss online threats connected to the planned attack. Prosecutors allege that Mercado denied any plans to travel to Washington to assist with the attack and declined to meet with investigators. #fbi #whitehouse #obstruction

According to evidence presented at trial, some claims involved services allegedly provided on dates when either Lim or the patient was not in Illinois. Other claims sought reimbursement for treatments purportedly performed by another chiropractor in Lim’s practice on Lim and members of his family, despite those services never taking place. #fraud #libertyville #conviction

“While I’m relieved by the dismissal, it does not change the disruption it caused in my life,” Walsh said, adding that she also experienced what she described as violence by federal agents during the protest. #protest #doj #charges