Judge rules arrest of Diagolon founder on COVID-19 protest charges not politically motivated

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A Nova Scotia judge has ruled the 2022 arrest of the founder an anti-government group who protested COVID-19 restrictions outside the home of the province's chief medical officer of health was not politically motivated.Judge Jill Hartlen of the Nova Scotia provincial court made the decision last week in the case of prolific podcaster Jeremy MacKenzie, 37, and his partner, Morgan Guptill, 33, who are arguing harassment and mischief-related charges against them should be tossed due to alleged viol