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19. Piro is not having much luck getting grand juries to indict on bogus claims
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 05:07 PM
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...

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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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Sean Dunn, have been released from jail [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 OP
This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #1
Faux Blondi Bondi just got spanked by the judge. sheshe2 Aug 2025 #2
Good! elleng Aug 2025 #3
Good news! StarryNite Aug 2025 #4
We all knew this was gonna get tossed. BidenRocks Aug 2025 #5
I love a BMT, but it is so big. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #11
Knr UTUSN Aug 2025 #6
Excellent, You Go Sean Dunn! Cha Aug 2025 #7
Here is a link blogslug Aug 2025 #8
"...former DOJ employee..." markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #9
He got fired for this incident Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #13
Where does it say the charges have been dismissed like the OP claims? MichMan Aug 2025 #16
I really don't know how much longer I can keep reading the news, Mtnmama Aug 2025 #10
Pirro gave the charging instruction while swigging cheap Merlot and dealing with a fake eyelash Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #12
A meme for this post... PunkinPi Aug 2025 #14
... orangecrush Aug 2025 #21
He was just released on bond, the charges have not been dismissed MichMan Aug 2025 #15
He's been released on his own recognizance, but is still facing charges. His *attorney* called the charges excessive. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #17
We should all just throw sammies at them. Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #18
Piro is not having much luck getting grand juries to indict on bogus claims LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #19
Joyce Vance-It's extremely rare for a grand jury to decline to indictment. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #20
No matter how you slice it orangecrush Aug 2025 #22
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