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release. “We remain hopeful this
decision is a precursor to ulti-
mate victory and an end to the
unnecessary delays that have
negatively impacted the liveli-
hoods of our working class fami-
lies and the services they receive.”
The court is likely to take up
the case early next year. Ruby said
the company anticipates a ruling
by June, and that it hopes to
resolve its other permitting de-
lays in a similar time frame. In
that case, he said, construction
could resume by next summer
and wrap up by late 2021.
[email protected]relief from Congress but consid-
ered its appeal to the Supreme
Court to be a stronger recourse.
On Friday, Ruby said the com-
pany is confident that, with the
support of the Trump administra-
tion’s solicitor general, it will
prevail. Sixteen state attorneys
general filed a brief with the court
in support of the pipeline, along
with several industry and labor
groups.
“West Virginia strongly sup-
ports the Supreme Court’s deci-
sion” to take up the case, West
Virginia Attorney General Patrick
Morrisey said Friday in a newsthose that set standards for allow-
able harm to endangered species
of wildlife and that allowed the
pipeline to cross national forests.
The most significant challenge
to the project was the finding,
issued in December, that the For-
est Service lacked authority to
give the pipeline permission to
cross the Appalachian Trail. A
panel of federal judges said the
National Park Service had juris-
diction over the crossing, but the
Park Service had said that it could
not grant right of way without
permission from Congress.
Dominion pursued legislativechanging energy marketplace.
The project has attracted na-
tional attention, with former vice
president Al Gore and the Rev.
William Barber, a civil rights
leader, visiting Virginia earlier
this year to highlight the plight of
a historic African American com-
munity being disrupted by pipe-
line construction. It has also fac-
tored into state politics, helping
inspire a movement for candi-
dates and lawmakers — most of
them Democrats — to reject con-
tributions from Dominion.
Federal judges suspended sev-
eral permits last year, includingCoast Pipeline is a dangerous,
costly, and unnecessary project
and we won’t stand by while Duke
and Dominion Energy try to force
it on our public lands, threaten-
ing people’s health, endangered
species, iconic landscapes, and
clean water along the way.”
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is
being built through rugged and
rural terrain from West Virginia,
across the center of Virginia and
into North Carolina. Opponents
have fought it every step of the
way, saying that it was hastily
approved and that the natural gas
it would deliver is not needed in awhich also includes Duke Energy
of North Carolina, say that more
than 50 other pipelines cross
beneath sections of the Appala-
chian Trail, which stretches from
Georgia to Maine.
Environmental groups that
brought the original challenge to
the permit vowed to continue
fighting.
“We will defend the lower
court’s decision in this case,” the
Southern Environmental Law
Center and the Sierra Club said in
a joint statement. “The Atlantic
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cans over recent years, making it
one of the state’s swingiest dis-
tricts.
Luria, a former Navy com-
mander, defeated incumbent Re-
publican Scott W. Taylor in 2018
with help from voters turned off
by President Trump and a local
elections scandal that tarnished
the reputation of her opponent, a
former Navy SEAL.
Analysts say her race for re-
election in 2020 could be among
the most competitive in the na-
tion. The congressional Leader-
ship Fund, a super PAC dedicated
to electing Republicans to the
U.S. House, started airing televi-
sion ads this week targeting Lu-
ria and Reps. Matthew Cart-
wright (Pa.) and Elissa Slotkin
(Mich.), Democrats who all hail
from districts carried by Trump
and who favor an impeachment
inquiry. Luria does not yet have
an opponent.
The town hall started with
Luria standing onstage at the
New Hope Baptist Church convo-
cation center at a lectern draped
with red, white and blue bunting.
She later stepped down to
answer questions in four catego-
ries — impeachment, public safe-
ty, health care and general —
written by audience members on
index cards and pulled out of a
box at random, a format that did
not allow her to interact one on
one with voters.
“Bravo to you on your brave,
patriotic decision on the im-
peachment inquiry,” read the
first question. It was followed by
an enthusiastic 20-second stand-
ing ovation from most of the
several hundred people in at-
tendance. One man shouted his
dismay.
Luria said it was a sad time for
the nation, but her voice rose as
she went on to say, “I didn’t spend
20 years defending our country
in uniform to watch something
like this happen and to watch and
our Constitution be trampled
on.” More applause followed.
The next questioner was criti-
cal of impeachment efforts and
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.),
chairman of the House Intelli-
gence Committee. Luria didn’t
flinch. She explained why she
believed Trump’s use of his office
to pressure the Ukrainian presi-LURIA FROM B1dent to investigate Joe Biden was
grounds for an impeachment in-
quiry.
“This is a clear instance of the
president of the United States
enlisting the help of a foreign
leader to influence and malign a
potential political opponent to
affect the outcome of our next
election all under guise of trying
to fight corruption,” Luria said,
speaking over another outburst
from the same man in the audi-
ence.
The moderator, James H. Allen
Jr., president of the Virginia
Beach Interdenominational Min-
isters Conference, took over. “If
you can’t sit here and be respect-
ful, get out,” he said to the man.
“With all of the issues facing
the country, why is it that theDemocrat Party is focused on
impeachment?” read another
question.
“It’s not Adam Schiff and it’s
not Democratic Party that got us
here, it’s the actions of Donald
Trump,” Luria replied, as the man
shouted out.
Allen tried again: “You’re not
going to come here and disre-
spect the congresswoman or our
church. And if you have a prob-
lem with that, leave now. This is
not your turn. Okay? Thank you.”
He stayed and remained silent.
The next question accused her
of a “rush to judgment.”
“Why would you seek to re-
move the president of the United
States for nothing, no impeach-
able offenses, especially when
your party is so guilty of somuch?” read another. It’s time to
“clean house,” the card said.
“We have elections every two
years, so if you don’t like who is
representing you, you can vote
them out,” Luria said.
In all, Luria answered a rapid-
fire series of about 15 questions
and comments on impeachment,
which broke evenly between fans
and detractors. “Thank you” was
written in large letters on one
card, while another urged her to
“get off the Pelosi bandwagon
and stop this impeachment b.s.”
Outside, a Trump supporter
who would only give her first
name, Dena, out a fear of repri-
sals from her liberal neighbors,
said she sees no reason to im-
peach Trump. She wore a “Make
America Great Again” flag as a
cape and a matching cap.
“My tax bill was a lot smaller
this year. My brother didn’t have
to pay the Obamacare penalty,”
she said, listing ways she thinks
Trump has improved the country.
As she spoke, a man leaving
the town hall shouted out his
window, “2020!” in support.
“Woo hoo!” she said.
John Fredericks, a conserva-
tive radio host who spoke at the
small protest on the sidewalk,
called the event Luria’s “fairy tale
town hall.” He predicted the pres-
ident will come to the district
once or twice next year to rally
the base.
“The only hope she has is she
wins by attrition. If there’s a
viable candidate, she loses,” he
said.
After the town hall, Allen, the
moderator, said enough Demo-
crats are incensed by the “trea-
sonous” actions of the president
to deliver Luria a second term.
“He’s an abomination, quite
honestly,” said Allen, a Navy vet-
eran. “Impeachment, [speaking]
from a personal perspective,
what took them so long?”
Many of the Democrats in the
crowd said they volunteered for
Luria’s 2018 campaign and plan
to do all they can to help her win
reelection.
That included Frank Lang, a
former Navy reservist and retired
psychologist from Virginia Beach
who summed up Luria’s call for
impeachment as “a courageous
step — considering the district
she represents.”
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20 charged in killingTwo people, including a
15-year-old, have been arrested
in a fatal shooting that occurred
this week in Oxon Hill, Md.
Roger Beckwith Jr., 20, of
Baltimore and Mark Lechoco,
15, of Fort Washington have
been charged with first-degree
murder and robbery in the
killing of Bryant Brooks, 19,
according to Prince George’s
County police.
Brooks was shot Monday
around 10:40 p.m. during an
illegal drug transaction, police
said.
The incident was an
attempted robbery in the 400
block of Winslow Road, police
said. Officers called to the scene
found Brooks outside with
gunshot wounds.
Lechoco, who has been
charged as an adult, arranged
the illegal transaction before the
shooting, police said.
Both Beckwith and Lechoco
are in jail without bond. Online
court records did not list an
attorney for them.
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Man sentenced in
2016 shooting death
A D.C. man was sentenced to
25 years in prison Friday for the
2016 shooting death of an
unarmed man who authorities
said was trying to defuse a
confrontation.
A D.C. Superior Court jury in
April found Andre Becton, 27,
guilty of second-degree murder
while armed and other firearm
offenses in the slaying of
Darnell “Kirk” Peoples Sr., 35.
According to prosecutors, on
the evening of Sept. 15, 2016,
Peoples and a woman walked up
to a group of men shooting dice
in the 600 block of Mellon
Street SE. At some point,
prosecutors said, Peoples made
a remark that offended the men.
Becton, who was in the group,
confronted Peoples. Peoples
tried to calm the situation, but
Becton pulled out a gun and
shot Peoples in the neck and left
hip, prosecutors said.
Becton was arrested in
October 2016, in part as a result
of a dying declaration by
Peoples, who told police when
they arrived that “Dre from
Trenton Park” shot him.
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Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) speaks with Laura Tierney, left, and her
mother, Heather, after a town hall Thursday in Virginia Beach,
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