“Federal grand jurors in the nation’s capital have refused to indict two people who were charged separately with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, more evidence of a growing backlash against Trump’s law enforcement intervention in Washington, D.C.,” the AP reports.
“It is extraordinarily rare for a grand jury to balk at returning an indictment, but it has happened at least seven times in five cases since Trump last month ordered a surge in patrols by federal agents and troops in the District of Columbia.”
Said former U.S. Attorney Brendan Ballou to CBS News: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I’ve never heard of a prosecutor who’s heard of this happening.”
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