Grand Juries Increasingly Reject Federal Indictments

New York Times: “The about-face also underscored a recurrent pattern that has diminished the Justice Department’s once-sterling standing with federal judges and juries — the rush by Trump- appointed U.S. attorneys across the country to take quick action against those accused by the president of transgressions, even petty ones.”

“It is now much more common for grand juries around the country, particularly in Washington, to reject indictments brought by the department. In years past, this almost never happened.”