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Thu Oct 16, 2025, 05:15 PM Oct 2025

Pirro loses misdemeanor assault trial after failing three times to get felony indictment [View all]

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Pirro loses misdemeanor assault trial after failing three times to get felony indictment

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T20:58:23.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/jeanine-pirro-sydney-lori-reid/

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 against a wall.

"During Reid's active resistance to being detained, the FBI agent's hand was injured from striking and scraping the cement wall causing lacerations while the FBI agent was assisting ICE ERO officers," a press release from the Department of Justice said in July.

After failing to secure felony indictments from grand juries, Reid was charged with assault. But the prosecution's case was plagued by evidence problems during the trial.

Bates spent much of her three days on the stand explaining text messages that downplayed her injuries and described Reid as a "libtard." The final text messages turned over on Wednesday morning did not include what defense attorneys said was "the most damning one."
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That's saying something as any idiot prosecutor can get an indictment. no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 #1
Oooofaaah Prairie Gates Oct 2025 #2
Good BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #3
Jury nullification BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #4
Refusing to convict in a case where the evidence is lacking is NOT jury nullification markpkessinger Oct 2025 #11
More than lacking, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2025 #12
I'm sure he or she will be brought up on perjury charges barbtries Oct 2025 #15
More likely COL Mustard Oct 2025 #21
I meant it in a good way BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #24
no proof beyond a reasonable doubt. barbtries Oct 2025 #14
in Pirro's case it is no proof beyond box wine's Celerity Oct 2025 #28
Where's DOGE when you need them canetoad Oct 2025 #5
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Oct 2025 #6
Who does she think she is? Tommy Carcetti Oct 2025 #7
Trial shows that ICE agents lied, concealed evidence in an illegal effort to convict the "libtard" who filmed them. LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #8
Only the best Brenda Oct 2025 #10
Gotta love a country where a woman named "Sparkle" rzemanfl Oct 2025 #30
Pending: Beltway box wine shortage . . . . hatrack Oct 2025 #9
The social Safeway in Georgetown COL Mustard Oct 2025 #22
Judge said the prosecution was playing games with evidence muriel_volestrangler Oct 2025 #13
Clown woman was caught going 119 mph on a NY highway wolfie001 Oct 2025 #16
You can bet that it was closer to 131 PCIntern Oct 2025 #17
Looks like it's a two wine box night for Jeanine Hassler Oct 2025 #18
Well, she's a ZERO. What would you expect? n/t aggiesal Oct 2025 #19
Not only how much did this cost the taxpayers drmeow Oct 2025 #20
Jeanine's touch made this weak case dis-a-Pirro. oasis Oct 2025 #23
Ha! mahina Oct 2025 #25
Buh-dah-BOOM! hatrack Oct 2025 #27
Trump has no patience for losers C_U_L8R Oct 2025 #26
Every single Jan 6 assault case tried before a jury resulted in a conviction. Every one. 100% conviction rate. LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #29
Deadline Legal Blog-Not guilty verdict in ICE case sends stark message to Trump DOJ's political prosecutions LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #31
DC Woman Accused Of Assaulting Agent During ICE Encounter Found Not Guilty LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #32
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