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

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