Judge(Boasburg) Concludes Prosecutors Can Circumvent Federal Grand Juries in D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/judge-trump-washington-grand-juries.htmlThe ruling by a federal judge found that federal prosecutors could fall back on local grand juries to approve serious charges when they failed to persuade a federal grand jury.
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A federal magistrate judge had called that sequence of events "unprecedented" and refused to accept the indictment in federal court since it had been secured in another court. But Judge Boasberg wrote on Thursday that the magistrate had erred a ruling that could have far-reaching implications in President Trump's expansive approach to law enforcement in the nation's capital.
The decision could potentially allow federal prosecutors to bypass federal grand juries, which are typically reserved for more serious crimes in Washington, at will. It came as federal grand jurors in Washington have repeatedly refused to approve indictments against fellow city residents, amid the president's aggressive policing surge, a highly unusual pattern.
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