Prosecutors Just Can't Convince Grand Jury That Woman Who Filmed Feds In DC Committed Felony

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post/Reuters

Aug 27, 2025, 05:16 PM EDT | Updated 9 hours ago


WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal prosecutors failed three times to persuade a grand jury to indict a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent during an immigration operation in Washington, D.C., last month, a highly unusual failure as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to aggressively charge street crime in the nation’s capital.

Three different federal grand juries declined to indict Sydney Reid for assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, prosecutors disclosed in a court filing late on Monday. Prosecutors then downgraded the offense to a misdemeanor.

It is rare for a grand jury to reject a request for an indictment, given that the legal standard is lower than to secure a conviction at trial, and prosecutors alone control the presentation of evidence.

“The U.S. Attorney can try to concoct crimes to quiet the people, but in our criminal justice system, the citizens have the last word,” Tezira Abe and Eugene Ohm, lawyers representing Reid, said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/text_n_68af7253e4b0d635adb39b44

[johnnyfins]

1. It is becoming not so rare

They couldnt indict the sandwich thrower either.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Both Pirro and Habba

have had failed grand juries and prosecutions - probably setting a record!

[barbtries]

3. one could speculate

that neither one knows what the fuck they're doing. they probably think they've been successful. they placated der fuhrer and caused unnecessary pain to citizens who don't like him.

he's not bringing his best, is he? hmmm

[BumRushDaShow]

4. They both need to be disbarred

They are operating out of the fictional universe they live in where MAGats can act with impunity, no matter how illegal or unethical, "because they can" and are "entitled". And if thwarted, it's due to "activist judges" or "left-wing radicals".

[barbtries]

5. 100%

they should be disbarred, and I think that may happen. especially for Habba.

[Bengus81]

13. Yep...playing pretend US Attorney in Jersey for at least 50 days longer than the

days she legally had. That should get her fucking ass dis-barred in a heart beat.

[TomSlick]

15. If we start disbarring lawyers for being stupid, there will be sudden shortage of lawyers.

It may be that I've just gotten home from a day of dealing with patently stupid lawyers, including one opposing counsel saying a brief that I suffered from "a clear misunderstanding" of the rules of civil procedure.

That rankled and I haven't quite yet calmed.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. I might say there would be a difference between

"stupid" and "vindictively stupid". This group seems to be the latter.

[TomSlick]

18. An important difference.

I buy it.

[quakerboy]

19. That is his best.

[republianmushroom]

6. Reason they can't,

is because she didn't " Commit a Felony".

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Deadline: Legal Blog--D.C. grand jurors send stark message to Pirro and Trump in sandwich case

The people of Washington, D.C., are rejecting the administration’s use of the criminal law as a show of force in the nation’s capital.

D.C. grand jurors send stark message to Pirro and Trump in sandwich case www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...

— (@jwwcan.bsky.social) 2025-08-27T19:12:30.802Z

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/dc-sandwich-thrower-sean-charles-dunn-grand-jury-rcna227549

When I wrote about the shocking triple failure of prosecutors in Washington, D.C., to secure an indictment in the case of an alleged assault against a federal agent, I noted that the rejection raised the prospect that the case against sandwich thrower Sean Charles Dunn “might not make it past the grand jury stage, either.”

That prospect may have been realized Tuesday, when a grand jury refused to approve a felony charge against him, as The New York Times reported Wednesday......

While the Sidney Reid case is eye-popping due to the number of times (three) that D.C. grand jurors refused to approve a felony case against her, Dunn’s case could signal something at least as significant in response to the Trump administration’s show of force.

After his arrest earlier this month, the administration sought to make an example of the man who, notably, was working for the Justice Department. According to the initial complaint and statement of facts filed against him, Dunn allegedly called federal agents “fascists,” said he didn’t want them “in my city” and “str[uck]” an immigration agent in the chest with a “sub-style sandwich.”......

In his case and others, the DOJ would do well to bear in mind what Reid’s lawyers said in connection with her now-reduced prosecution. They said they’re “anxious to present the misdemeanor case to a jury and to quickly clear Ms. Reid’s name,” and that Pirro “can try to concoct crimes to quiet the people, but in our criminal justice system, the citizens have the last word.”

The last words haven’t been spoken yet in these cases. But the first words the citizens of D.C. are speaking should ring loudly in the administration’s ears. They seem to echo Dunn’s alleged cry, “I don’t want you in my city!”

[Grins]

8. Citizens turning against police. And courts.

This is a bad sign; citizens turning against the police, and soon - the military.

For as long as I can remember, police chiefs and Sheriffs have said they can’t do their job without help from citizens. In ads, interviews, PR campaign’s, and even movies - THAT message!

The Army, going back to the late 1960’s and Vietnam, has been sensitive to its relationship with citizens.

And in 7 short months - all that has been shot to shit.

[peggysue2]

10. It's a bad sign for this Administration believing . . .

It can rule without consent. For American citizens, it's forcing the We The People principle forward demanding a return to the rule of law and institutional, prosecutorial integrity.

We The People still have power despite the gross overreach of Agent Orange and his band of goons. Standing up and refusing to submit is at the core of that power. The Grand Jury refusal and nullification is an example of just that.

This our birthright. This is our duty, something the MAGA-World has forgotten and/or willingly surrendered to The Mad King and his courtiers.

to these jurors. They pulled the lever they had and should be saluted.

[Sneederbunk]

9. Woke grand juries. They are the worst.

[The Roux Comes First]

11. The Words "US Attorney" and "Concoct Crimes" Rarely Comport

And hopefully will be a one-of-a-kind search-engine finding in the future.

Get these criminals to their cells and restore something in the way of a democracy! Way overdue.

[GreenWave]

12. They are just going to have to outlaw juries to placate Trump.

[OldBaldy1701E]

14. BBWWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

That's funny as hell.

Three times and... NOGO!

Sooner or later, the courts will just ignore anything that U.S. Attorney Boxwine submits.

[TomSlick]

16. Why would a federal prosecutor believe that a grand jury would indict someone for video recording the police?

Especially in DC.