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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are starting

to roll out charges against people accused of violence during recent protests against immigration

enforcement.

More from NPR's Martin Kosti.

Two men have been charged federally for possessing explosives during the protests, and prosecutors say one of them is in the country illegally.

U.S. Attorney Bill O'Saley says those charges are, quote, the beginning, not the end.

We are looking at hundreds of people.

We have FBI collecting video. We are collecting body cam. We're collecting social media. We are looking at hundreds of people. We have FBI collecting video. We are collecting

body cam. We're collecting social media. We're collecting everything. And we're going to take our time.

We're going to identify people. They think the mask is saving them. It's not saving them.

Asali says possible federal charges include arson, looting, and attacking local law enforcement in a time of

civil unrest. Despite the

war of words between state and federal political leaders, he says federal investigators are

working well with local police. Martin Kosti, NPR News. Meanwhile, there are questions about the Trump

administration's use of the military in Los Angeles and elsewhere. A federal appeals court in

Manhattan heard arguments today in President Trump's ongoing fight to erase his criminal

conviction. The case involved hush money payments to an adult film star ahead of the 2016

election. And Pierce Kat Lonsdorf was in the courtroom. This hearing was all about whether

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