WASHNGTON —Capitol Police have decided not to pursue charges against a Minnesota woman they strong-armed out of the U.S. House gallery during President Trump’s State of the Union address. There was no explanation. Aliya Rahman had been a guest of U.S. Representative Ihan Omar, Democrat. Rahman, who is medically disabled, said she was aching and stood to stretch during Trump’s 107-minute speech. There is a Capitol rule against demonstrating, although Republicans were in jubilation — whopping and hollering and standing — in countless ovations during Trump’s address. Ahman, age 42, a Muslim, suffers autism and a traumatic brain injury. After being removed from the gallery, Rahman was taken to a hospital, where it was determined she had no new injuries.
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Jessica Gingold, an attorney for Rahman:: “Aliya should never have been arrested in the first place. She committed no crime and did nothing wrong.”