Washington Prosecutors Fail to Win 3 Grand Jury Indictments in 2 Weeks
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
Washington Prosecutors Fail to Win 3 Grand Jury Indictments in 2 Weeks
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 10
Summary
At least three Washington cases have failed to win grand jury indictments in the past two weeks, an unusual run capped Friday by a second failed bid to charge a person accused of voting in two jurisdictions in 2024.
Those setbacks have centered on cases with questionable evidence, often tied to public figures Trump sees as enemies or to priorities such as immigration enforcement and claims of widespread voter fraud.
A federal magistrate judge last week said it was "self-evident" prosecutors had grown so wary of Washington grand jurors that they were using unorthodox methods to try to bypass them.
The grand jury losses extend a nearly two-year pattern for the Justice Department and the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, with resistance now also coming from federal judges beyond the charging stage.