Prosecutors in the capital failed a shocking three times to secure an indictment in a case of an alleged assault against a federal agent.
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Jeanine Pirro’s office fails three times to convince grand jurors to return indictment www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
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The bar for securing indictments in criminal cases is relatively low — so low that there’s a saying that prosecutors could indict a ham sandwich. But prosecutors in the nation’s capital have failed a shocking three times to get grand jurors’ approval for a felony case to move forward in an alleged assault against a federal agent.....
The rejection came in the case of Sidney Reid, who prosecutors in Washington alleged last month had “forcefully pushed” an FBI agent’s hand against a cement wall and “caused lacerations” on the agent’s hand during an immigration enforcement protest.....
Monday afternoon came and the government filed not an indictment but a notice to the court. It said not only that “an Indictment has not been returned in this case” but, incredibly, that “a third grand jury returned a no true bill.” A true bill is when the grand jury votes to indict.,.....
It’s worth noting that this is only a preliminary phase of the case, and if it moves forward to trial, prosecutors must prove it to the people of D.C. beyond a reasonable doubt to secure a conviction. There’s a general line of thinking that, however embarrassing it is for a grand jury to return a no true bill, in those rare times that happens, grand jurors have done prosecutors a favor of sorts by keeping a potentially shaky case from a trial jury.
Still, three times might be a sign that the message should’ve been received at least the second time.
But the U.S. Attorney’s Office led by former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro isn’t giving up. Not completely. Though prosecutors are apparently no longer trying to make it a felony case, they filed what’s called an “information” that charges Reid with a misdemeanor assault. That lets them move the case — a hobbled version of it, anyway — forward without grand jury approval.
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