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Showing Original Post only (View all)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."
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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Pirro loses misdemeanor assault trial after failing three times to get felony indictment [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Oct 16
OP
Refusing to convict in a case where the evidence is lacking is NOT jury nullification
markpkessinger
Oct 16
#11
Trial shows that ICE agents lied, concealed evidence in an illegal effort to convict the "libtard" who filmed them.
LetMyPeopleVote
Oct 16
#8
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