JUST IN: James Alex Fields Jr., accused of driving into crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, charged with federal hate crimes, DOJ says. 
30 federal charges against James Alex Fields:
• 1 count of hate crime act resulting in the death of Heather Heyer
• 28 counts of hate crime acts causing injury, involving attempt to kill
• 1 count of racially motivated violent interference with federally protected activity
• 1 count of hate crime act resulting in the death of Heather Heyer
• 28 counts of hate crime acts causing injury, involving attempt to kill
• 1 count of racially motivated violent interference with federally protected activity
AG Sessions on federal hate crime charges against James Alex Fields:
“At the Department of Justice, we remain resolute that hateful ideologies will not have the last word and that their adherents will not get away with violent crimes against those they target.”
“At the Department of Justice, we remain resolute that hateful ideologies will not have the last word and that their adherents will not get away with violent crimes against those they target.”
LATEST: Charlottesville driver Alex Fields Jr. faces hate crime charges. nbcnews.to/2tI3Anq
