Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox News host turn top federal prosecutor in Washington, DC has failed to secure an indictment in another high profile case.
Pirro’s office failed to secure an indictment against Nathalie Rose Jones, an Indiana woman they accused of trying to kill Donald Trump.
The revelation was made in a filing on Monday from federal public defender A.J. Kramer asking the court to allow Jones to be sent home because a grand jury failed to indict her.
“One of the factors the court considered in determining the conditions of release was the nature of the case and the weight of the evidence,” Kramer wrote. “A grand jury has now found no probable cause to indict Ms. Jones on the charged offenses. Given that finding, the weight of the evidence is weak.”
“The government may intend to try again to obtain an indictment, but the evidence has not changed and no indictment is likely,” the lawyer added.
Pirro celebrated Jones’ arrest in posts on social media while declaring she “will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Make no mistake about that.”
Pirro’s office already failed to secure an indictment against a former DOJ employee, Sean Dunn, who threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protections officer in DC last month. Her office also sought the indictment of Sydney Reid for allegedly attacking an FBI agent and was rejected all three times.
Grand jury indictments are easy to secure and it is exceedingly rare for a grand jury to refuse to approve an indictment prosecutors present, CNN noted.
