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Carol leonig reporting from the courthouse
Ocelot II
(128,561 posts)for a grand jury to reject an indictment.
Renew Deal
(84,604 posts)That case is pretty weak. She clearly disclosed that it wasn't a primary residence.
Raven123
(7,363 posts)I am in NO way suggesting a true bill should have been returned, just commenting that the DOJs credibility is damaged. This is a bit frightening. I can envision a future in which the DOJ cannot get a legitimate indictment through a grand jury.
gab13by13
(30,855 posts)To go after Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche and Krasnov for selective and vindictive prosecution.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,329 posts)you can indict a ham sandwich, but you can't indict Letitia James.
LetMyPeopleVote
(173,535 posts)Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
— Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) 2025-12-04T22:43:42.753Z
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/grand-jury-declines-indict-ny-attorney-general-letitia-james-less-two-rcna247310
The presentation to the grand jury came less than two weeks after the original criminal case against her was dismissed.
James, a frequent political target of President Donald Trump who had successfully brought a fraud lawsuit against him, had previously been indicted by a grand jury on one charge of bank fraud and another making false statements to a financial institution.
James has denied any wrongdoing.
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan, a former Trump personal attorney with no prosecutorial experience, presented the case to a grand jury on her own in the first go-round and that case was declared void on Nov. 24 when a judge found Halligan's appointment was unlawful.
Jersey Devil
(10,706 posts)It would take an extraordinary amount of chutzpah to try to indict her a third time but nothing would legally prevent them from trying.
moondust
(21,159 posts)Period.
bucolic_frolic
(53,524 posts)Campaign to fire all the grand juries in America?