Woman Acquitted of Assaulting FBI Agent After 3 Grand Juries Declined to Indict
Sydney Reid was acquitted after prosecutors failed three felony indictments and the case was downgraded to misdemeanor assault, with jurors deliberating less than two hours.
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Not guilty verdict in ICE case sends stark message to Trump DOJ’s political prosecutions
Protester Sidney Reid was acquitted in Washington, D.C., on Thursday of a misdemeanor charge after grand jurors declined to approve a felony indictment against her a shocking three times.
Pirro Loses Misdemeanor Trial After Knocking It Down From A Felony
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…
'Throw the book at people': Judges and lawyers say Jeanine Pirro has 'no credibility left'
A new courtroom setback has added fuel to mounting criticism of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s approach in Washington, D.C., where her office faces repeated rebukes for prosecutorial overreach and legal missteps.On Thursday, a D.C. jury acquitted Sidney Lori Reid of misdemeanor assault charges stemming from an altercation with an FBI agent — a case Pirro’s office had tried three times to bring as a felony, only to be rejected by grand juries each…
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