\u201cI\u2019m absolutely flabbergasted at what has happened. A high school student would know this was an illegal search.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a separate case, Judge Faruqui excoriated<\/a> the DOJ for holding a woman in custody for two days before charging her, not requesting detention, then actually failing to release her. <\/p>\n \u201cWhat is especially troubling is that this is not even the first time in the past four months that the Court has encountered this same problem of false imprisonment,\u201d the magistrate noted.<\/p>\n The courthouse chaos isn\u2019t happening in a vacuum: The streets of the nation\u2019s capital are flooded with troops. Half the attorneys in the federal prosecutors\u2019 office, which handles felonies for the District, were fired or quit. And meanwhile, Pirro is demanding that prosecutors upcharge everything.<\/p>\n \u201cIn line with President Trump\u2019s directive to make D.C. safe, U.S. Attorney Pirro has made it clear that the old way of doing things is unacceptable,\u201d her spokesman Tim Lauer barked to the New York Times<\/a>. \u201cShe directed her staff to charge the highest crime that is supported by the law and the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n But after weeks of military occupation, grand juries made up of local citizens are telling prosecutors to get bent, returning at least seven no-bills in the past month. That includes Sean Dunn, the man caught on camera throwing a sandwich at an ICE agent. Pirro, who moved to the District in May, insists that this is because its residents don\u2019t actually know what\u2019s going on in their own city.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are a lot of people who sit on juries, and they live in Georgetown or in Northwest, or in some of these better areas, and they don\u2019t see the reality of crime that is occurring,\u201d Pirro burbled on Fox. \u201cAnd my office has been instructed to move for the highest crime possible consistent with the law, the statute and the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n Her record is \u2026 mixed. After three separate grand juries refused to indict<\/a> a woman named Sidney Reid for feloniously assaulting an ICE agent and causing him to bruise his knuckles while roughing her up, the DOJ was forced to convert her case to a misdemeanor. The same thing happened with \u201cSandwich Man\u201d Dunn, although the DOJ cut its losses before striking out with three grand juries. In multiple cases, Pirro\u2019s office seems to be trying to save face by securing a dismissal without prejudice, allowing it to refile charges after further rumination. (We hear one or 12 Bota boxes can really get those creative legal juices flowing!)<\/p>\n Indeed, in the case of a man named Eduarda Dana, they appear to have skipped the rumination and the dismissal<\/em>, and instead charged him in DC Superior Court with his federal case still pending. Judge Faruqui hit the roof<\/a>.<\/p>\n On September 4, 2025 at 12:30 p.m., the parties appeared before the Court for a Preliminary Hearing. At 12:04 p.m. the government emailed the Court stating that \u201ca short time ago\u201d they filed misdemeanor charges in D.C. Superior Court against Mr. Dana. Based on this, the government stated that it \u201cno longer intends to pursue the federal charge that is at issue.\u201d The government concluded that it \u201canticipate[s] filing a motion to dismiss the federal case before the close of He pointed out that the DOJ\u2019s practice manual precludes bringing cases which the US Attorney does not believe she can win, observing dryly: \u201cGiven that there have been an unprecedented number of cases that the U.S. Attorney dismissed in the past ten days, all of whom were detained for some period of time, the Court is left to question if this principle still applies.\u201d<\/p>\n Judge Faruqui instructed<\/a> prosecutors to show cause why they shouldn\u2019t be required to dismiss the case with prejudice and expunge the criminal record of Defendant Dana, a man with longstanding mental health and substance abuse problems who allegedly slurred out threats<\/a> to the president in the back of a police cruiser \u2026 after explaining that he was descended from Huguenots, affiliated with the Russian mafia, and was going to have Putin bomb America.<\/p>\n Judge Faruqui was not impressed, predicting that magistrate judges will have so little faith in DOJ declarations that they\u2019ll refuse to issue warrants without cross examining declarants themselves.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not going to work. Complaints will not be signed. We\u2019re past the Rubicon,\u201d he said during Dana\u2019s hearing, according to the Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n But US Attorney Pirro knows that Faruqui, a 12-year veteran of the office she now leads, is just a pinko with an agenda.<\/p>\n \u201cThis judge took an oath to follow the law, yet he has allowed his politics to consistently cloud his judgment and his requirement to follow the law. America voted for safe communities, law and order, and this judge is the antithesis of that,\u201d she blustered.<\/p>\n Wait \u2019til she finds out that petit juries have to be unanimous \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Liz Dye<\/a>\u00a0lives in Baltimore where she produces the Law and Chaos\u00a0substack<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post No Bills Are Only The Beginning Of Jeanine Pirro\u2019s F-Ups<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n Going to war with the magistrate judges is a weird move for a prosecutor. But Jeanine Pirro, the improbable US Attorney for the District of Columbia, is kind of a weirdo. And, of course, these are very weird times. So it\u2019s perhaps unsurprising that Pirro finds herself unable to indict the proverbial ham sandwich and crosswise with the judiciary.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is without a doubt the most illegal search I\u2019ve ever seen in my life,\u201d Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui rebuked<\/a> prosecutors in August as he tossed gun charges against a Black man intercepted at Trader Joe\u2019s with a bag that \u201clooked heavy.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m absolutely flabbergasted at what has happened. A high school student would know this was an illegal search.\u201d<\/p>\n In a separate case, Judge Faruqui excoriated<\/a> the DOJ for holding a woman in custody for two days before charging her, not requesting detention, then actually failing to release her. <\/p>\n \u201cWhat is especially troubling is that this is not even the first time in the past four months that the Court has encountered this same problem of false imprisonment,\u201d the magistrate noted.<\/p>\n The courthouse chaos isn\u2019t happening in a vacuum: The streets of the nation\u2019s capital are flooded with troops. Half the attorneys in the federal prosecutors\u2019 office, which handles felonies for the District, were fired or quit. And meanwhile, Pirro is demanding that prosecutors upcharge everything.<\/p>\n \u201cIn line with President Trump\u2019s directive to make D.C. safe, U.S. Attorney Pirro has made it clear that the old way of doing things is unacceptable,\u201d her spokesman Tim Lauer barked to the New York Times<\/a>. \u201cShe directed her staff to charge the highest crime that is supported by the law and the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n But after weeks of military occupation, grand juries made up of local citizens are telling prosecutors to get bent, returning at least seven no-bills in the past month. That includes Sean Dunn, the man caught on camera throwing a sandwich at an ICE agent. Pirro, who moved to the District in May, insists that this is because its residents don\u2019t actually know what\u2019s going on in their own city.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are a lot of people who sit on juries, and they live in Georgetown or in Northwest, or in some of these better areas, and they don\u2019t see the reality of crime that is occurring,\u201d Pirro burbled on Fox. \u201cAnd my office has been instructed to move for the highest crime possible consistent with the law, the statute and the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n Her record is \u2026 mixed. After three separate grand juries refused to indict<\/a> a woman named Sidney Reid for feloniously assaulting an ICE agent and causing him to bruise his knuckles while roughing her up, the DOJ was forced to convert her case to a misdemeanor. The same thing happened with \u201cSandwich Man\u201d Dunn, although the DOJ cut its losses before striking out with three grand juries. In multiple cases, Pirro\u2019s office seems to be trying to save face by securing a dismissal without prejudice, allowing it to refile charges after further rumination. (We hear one or 12 Bota boxes can really get those creative legal juices flowing!)<\/p>\n Indeed, in the case of a man named Eduarda Dana, they appear to have skipped the rumination and the dismissal<\/em>, and instead charged him in DC Superior Court with his federal case still pending. Judge Faruqui hit the roof<\/a>.<\/p>\n On September 4, 2025 at 12:30 p.m., the parties appeared before the Court for a Preliminary Hearing. At 12:04 p.m. the government emailed the Court stating that \u201ca short time ago\u201d they filed misdemeanor charges in D.C. Superior Court against Mr. Dana. Based on this, the government stated that it \u201cno longer intends to pursue the federal charge that is at issue.\u201d The government concluded that it \u201canticipate[s] filing a motion to dismiss the federal case before the close of He pointed out that the DOJ\u2019s practice manual precludes bringing cases which the US Attorney does not believe she can win, observing dryly: \u201cGiven that there have been an unprecedented number of cases that the U.S. Attorney dismissed in the past ten days, all of whom were detained for some period of time, the Court is left to question if this principle still applies.\u201d<\/p>\n Judge Faruqui instructed<\/a> prosecutors to show cause why they shouldn\u2019t be required to dismiss the case with prejudice and expunge the criminal record of Defendant Dana, a man with longstanding mental health and substance abuse problems who allegedly slurred out threats<\/a> to the president in the back of a police cruiser \u2026 after explaining that he was descended from Huguenots, affiliated with the Russian mafia, and was going to have Putin bomb America.<\/p>\n Judge Faruqui was not impressed, predicting that magistrate judges will have so little faith in DOJ declarations that they\u2019ll refuse to issue warrants without cross examining declarants themselves.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not going to work. 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business today.\u201d The government sought to cancel the hearing before the undersigned based on this. However, doing so would have precluded any oversight of the government\u2019s inexcusable actions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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business today.\u201d The government sought to cancel the hearing before the undersigned based on this. However, doing so would have precluded any oversight of the government\u2019s inexcusable actions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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