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riversedge

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Fri Oct 17, 2025, 01:38 PM Oct 17

Pirro Loses Misdemeanor Trial After Knocking It Down From A Felony [View all]

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Source: crooksandliars.com



Her case was so bad she couldn't even convince a jury to convict on a misdemeanor.

By David Edwards — October 17, 2025

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro's office failed to secure a misdemeanor conviction against a woman after also failing three attempts to have grand juries indict her on felony assault charges.

In July, Pirro's office accused Sydney Lori Reid, 44, of assaulting FBI agent Eugenia Bates while she was assisting ICE officer Vincent Liang, who was waiting to arrest two people outside of DC Jail. Liang grabbed Reid as she was filming and pushed her against a wall.

"During Reid's active resistance to being detained, the FBI agent's hand was injured from striking and scraping the cement wall causing lacerations while the FBI agent was assisting ICE ERO officers," a press release from the Department of Justice said in July.

Bates spent much of her three days on the stand explaining text messages that downplayed her injuries and described Reid as a "libtard." The final text messages turned over on Wednesday morning did not include what defense attorneys said was "the most damning one."...................



Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/10/pirro-loses-misdemeanor-trial-after



Maybe Pirro should go back to being a fox news host!



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