'Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney's office': L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases

Trump’s DOJ has lost every case its brought against LA protesters

The attorney general might be out, but the Department of Justice problems persist. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that every case federal prosecutors in L.A. have pursued against protesters they allege "assaulted federal officers" have been dropped.Even a federal judge is calling the U.S. attorney's office "amateur hour" after losing one assault trial. They have charged more than 100 protesters since June 2025, claiming assault or "interf…

'Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney's office': L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases

This week, L.A. federal prosecutors were in two separate trials involving a charge of assault on a federal officer tied to immigration protests. They hadn't won a single assault case that went to trial so far. But this time they had a video of a punch.

'Amateur hour at the US attorney's office': LA prosecutors face more losses in protest cases

LOS ANGELES — In two separate courtrooms in a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, prosecutors were having a rough day. On the seventh floor, on Wednesday afternoon, in courtroom 7B, U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. berated ...