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moniss

(9,145 posts)
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 05:56 PM Aug 2025

A judge has told the DOJ the felony charge is excessive

for the sandwich desperado. He also released the man without bond. Basically telling Pirro, Bondi et al to stick the full length of the sub where the sun doesn't shine. By telling them this upfront it lets them know that their felony charge is as good as dead.

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A judge has told the DOJ the felony charge is excessive (Original Post) moniss Aug 2025 OP
Great! He throws a sandwich and five goons are running after him as if it were an assault weapon question everything Aug 2025 #1
If the sandwich had bacon that would've qualified it as a club, and this could've been more serious. Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #12
... orangecrush Aug 2025 #23
Lettuce be thankful it did not Wicked Blue Aug 2025 #29
A salt with a banana pepper? (nt) appmanga Aug 2025 #30
If it would've been an assault rifle Dr. T Aug 2025 #20
Good! SunSeeker Aug 2025 #2
Its not over...tRump just deputized all subway employees in the city to serve on special sub chucking patrols ImNotGod Aug 2025 #3
Judge did not throw out the felony charge MichMan Aug 2025 #4
Thank you Nittersing Aug 2025 #10
He will orangecrush Aug 2025 #24
I was hoping this would happen NJCher Aug 2025 #5
I hope SNL brings back Cecily Strong for some guest appearances in the new season. tanyev Aug 2025 #8
She wasn't acting. The Wizard Aug 2025 #26
She always acts like she's drunk, probably because she is. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #27
Wonkette called him an American Gyro. tanyev Aug 2025 #6
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2025 #7
Something something sandwich pun. Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #9
It's a sandWich hunt. Blue Dotty Aug 2025 #14
Bondi and all these popsdenver Aug 2025 #11
you've noticed that, too NJCher Aug 2025 #15
It's their "dog whistle" popsdenver Aug 2025 #31
Ewwwwww NJCher Aug 2025 #32
Still going to trial Greg_In_SF Aug 2025 #13
If they're able to indict him... SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2025 #19
Great bodily harm? More like a dry cleaner's bill Warpy Aug 2025 #16
Pretty sure if I got pulled over for speeding & hurled food at the cop, I would be facing more than a dry cleaning bill. MichMan Aug 2025 #21
He will be pardoned orangecrush Aug 2025 #25
Great bodily harm? The Wizard Aug 2025 #28
So the jury could NOT convict a ham sandwich. SouthBayDem Aug 2025 #17
What jury? MichMan Aug 2025 #18
The Sandwich MissouriDem47 Aug 2025 #22
Can Piro and the trump DOJ get an indictment on a sandwich crime? Piro has not had luck in a similar case LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #33
Excellent reference. nt moniss Aug 2025 #34

question everything

(52,375 posts)
1. Great! He throws a sandwich and five goons are running after him as if it were an assault weapon
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 05:59 PM
Aug 2025

Uncle Joe

(65,498 posts)
12. If the sandwich had bacon that would've qualified it as a club, and this could've been more serious.
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:41 PM
Aug 2025

Dr. T

(707 posts)
20. If it would've been an assault rifle
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 07:58 PM
Aug 2025

the masked goons would've run away. They're really tough when their prey is a sitting duck. I'm guessing they're gutless cowards when it's a fair fight.

SunSeeker

(58,373 posts)
2. Good!
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:01 PM
Aug 2025

Ridiculous overcharging. The sandwich was wrapped, he didn't even get mayo on the Nazi.

ImNotGod

(1,206 posts)
3. Its not over...tRump just deputized all subway employees in the city to serve on special sub chucking patrols
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:06 PM
Aug 2025

MichMan

(17,388 posts)
4. Judge did not throw out the felony charge
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:06 PM
Aug 2025

Just released him on bond awaiting trial in September. OP is false

NJCher

(43,499 posts)
5. I was hoping this would happen
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:06 PM
Aug 2025

Pirro acted like she was drunk when she announced those charges.

tanyev

(49,659 posts)
8. I hope SNL brings back Cecily Strong for some guest appearances in the new season.
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:08 PM
Aug 2025

Her Pirro impression is fantastic.

H2O Man

(79,238 posts)
7. Recommended.
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:08 PM
Aug 2025

I have been telling an old friend about my experience around half a century ago, as a college student. I was charged, and went to court from late February to early June, accused of throwing a slice of pickle on the window in McDonalds. I was found "not guilty," though that was distinct from "innocent."

popsdenver

(2,596 posts)
11. Bondi and all these
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:32 PM
Aug 2025

other Republican Women in trump's Cabal, seemingly always have pictures taken with their mouth's open............

NJCher

(43,499 posts)
15. you've noticed that, too
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:49 PM
Aug 2025

the worst of all is Marla Maples and her daughter is the same. I've actually searched and found only two photos of her with her mouth shut. Otherwise, it's just hanging open and I'm like "what?"

I find it extremely weird.

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,710 posts)
19. If they're able to indict him...
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 07:54 PM
Aug 2025

...which I doubt.

But yep, lost his job...not the smartest move.

Warpy

(114,655 posts)
16. Great bodily harm? More like a dry cleaner's bill
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 07:12 PM
Aug 2025

which is all any of us would be able to claim as damages if somebody launched food at us.

MichMan

(17,388 posts)
21. Pretty sure if I got pulled over for speeding & hurled food at the cop, I would be facing more than a dry cleaning bill.
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 08:00 PM
Aug 2025

SouthBayDem

(33,348 posts)
17. So the jury could NOT convict a ham sandwich.
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 07:38 PM
Aug 2025

And the suspect a DOJ employee? Anyone else suspect, “crisis actor”?

MissouriDem47

(442 posts)
22. The Sandwich
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 08:02 PM
Aug 2025

The sandwich was far less destructive than the items TACO's thugs used on police on 1/6/21. He pardoned them all.

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,906 posts)
33. Can Piro and the trump DOJ get an indictment on a sandwich crime? Piro has not had luck in a similar case
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 10:31 AM
Aug 2025

Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.

She is just running cover for their crimes

US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice

www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Angry Donkey News (@angrydonkeynews.bsky.social) 2025-08-15T06:42:56.579Z

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/us-attorney-jeanine-pirros-office-admits-grand-jury-refused-charges-against-dc-woman-twice-sydney-reid-dc-jail/65-dc64747e-a8d4-4ad9-89e2-f6317f0fa2bd

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors twice sought a grand jury indictment against a D.C. woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE inmate transfer — and were twice rejected, the U.S. Attorney’s Office admitted in court Thursday.

Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey revealed the denials to attorneys for Sydney Lori Reid and later granted their request to remove all bond conditions and release her on her own recognizance over prosecutors’ objections. He will resume a preliminary hearing on Friday afternoon to determine whether to dismiss the case entirely.

“Two presentations to the grand jury returned no bill both times,” Harvey said. “Suggesting the evidence is wanting, given the standard for indictment is probable cause. Suggesting the government may never get an indictment.”

Grand juries are tasked with deciding only whether there is a reasonable basis to support charging someone with a crime – a much lower burden for prosecutors than the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard of criminal juries – and typically make their decisions after hearing evidence only from the government. At the federal level, grand juries return indictments, or “true bills,” in the vast majority of cases.

Reid, 44, was charged last month with an enhanced felony version of an assault charge that requires inflicting bodily injury on a federal officer and carries a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison. The charge is the same offense filed this week against a former DOJ employee accused of throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent.

Piro is so bad at her job that she cannot indict a ham sandwich. It will be fun to see is she brings Sean Dunn to a grand jury for a real sandwich indictment
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