Grand jury clears pair accused of hitting man in MAGA hat

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has declined to indict two people accused of assaulting a man outside a Portland bar for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, prompting the court to dismiss the case.

The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says Adebisi Okuneye and Leopold Hauser no longer face criminal allegations in the Aug. 24 altercation.

Police arrested them after Luke Lenzner claimed they attacked him because of his baseball cap, which bears the slogan for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Deputy District Attorney Bumjoon Park said that Lenzner’s wife told police she asked her husband to wear the hat so she could see how people would treat him. She told police the pair threw punches and Lenzner told police Hauser punched him.

Hauser told police he was trying to protect Okuneye after Lenzner used an expletive and asked her if she liked his hat.