Pam Bondi's DOJ facing a 'citizens' revolt' as prosecution efforts flop: report
Source: Raw Story
September 6, 2025 8:48AM ET
Attempts by the Department of Justice to prosecute Americans who are balking at Donald Trumps authoritarian impulses are not finding a friendly audience when cases are being presented before grand juries long considered to be prosecutor-friendly.
According to Alan Feuer, writing for The New York Times, the U.S. Attorneys appointed by Trump and working under the supervision of Attorney General Pam Bondi are finding it rough sledding getting grand juries to return a true bill that would set the stage to proceed to the courtroom and there is a reason for that.
As Feur is reporting, In what could be read as a citizens revolt, ordinary people serving on grand juries have repeatedly refused in recent days to indict their fellow residents who became entangled in either the presidents immigration crackdown or his more recent show of force.
Noting that seven prominent cases have already been stymied by grand juries, he admitted there is no way to know what transpired in grand jury deliberations; nonetheless, a trend is becoming very apparent.
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C_U_L8R
(48,085 posts)And these dumb fascist fucks never seem to get it.
They start holding tribunals with ICE agents and forgoing the formalities.
C_U_L8R
(48,085 posts)orangecrush
(26,717 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(1,472 posts)should they end up in front of a Grand Jury of these same citizens. It's called justice, something that is very foreign to this DOJ.
SWBTATTReg
(25,702 posts)will impose his own military judges/juries to try people. At that time, that would be the time when Americans really need to get up in the Administration's face, and say NO! But I wouldn't put it pass tRUMP to fake a war somewhere to be able to declare military law/martial law, when the evidence is so weak, so little.
marble falls
(68,585 posts)question everything
(50,976 posts)Midnight Writer
(24,714 posts)Trump wants to deny all of us our due process rights, and I am afraid our bought and paid for conservative Supreme Court Justices will let him.
DinahMoeHum
(23,172 posts). . .in the ass unless they stand on a brick, and even then, they miss the mark so many times.
republianmushroom
(21,380 posts)these cases go to criminal court.
live love laugh
(15,894 posts)bmichaelh
(945 posts)I wonder when their victims will turn the tables and go after her and others for malicious prosecution.
Republicans on SCOTUS will probably protect her.
BumRushDaShow
(160,228 posts)if they can muster the resources of some organization like the ACLU and/or of the defendant was a "notable" person and/or has $$$ to go the distance (if anything, to get a quietly agreed-to "settlement" ).
Username1234
(16 posts)(For the life of me, I don't know why y'all constantly post this Qanon of the Left content... You're just fooling yourselves and helping the MAGAts by filling liberal brains with misinformation...)
It's not the juries that are different -- it's the prosecutors. They are bringing cases that would never normally be charged, which is what Pirro said she'd do. Also: It's what the judges are literally saying in court -- that cases are being brought that shouldn't be. It was literally just reported out last week that judges were saying this. It's the prosecutors, not the juries. Pirro's prosecutors are violating the rule to only bring cases they know they can win, it's the prosecutors throwing poo against the wall.
Quoting the NYT on what "could be read as a citizens' revolt" is so sloppy and lazy that someone needs their journalism degree clawed back.
BumRushDaShow
(160,228 posts)Im a reporter covering extremism and political violence for The New York Times.
What I Cover
My focus is on the criminal cases involving the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and against former President Donald J. Trump.
My Background
I have been writing about crime and criminal justice for The New York Times since 1999, covering cases involving the Mafia, Mexican drug cartels, murders and corrupt police officers and politicians.
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Here is the direct quote in the excerpt that was taken FROM the above article -
Raw Story does 3 things -
1.) They report on/summarize other news sites' articles (many that originate on paywalled sites, which makes it easier to get content)
2.) They have reporters/columnists/writers from various other media and blogsites who contribute an article
3.) They have their staff actually sit there and watch the political news/commentary shows/podcasts and will summarize them
There is nothing nefarious about concluding that a series of recent Grand Juries in D.C. have FAILED to result in indictments for the mess that Pirro has sent to them, and that this circumstance could effectively be considered "a revolt" (by the citizens of the city of Washington D.C. - at least those who were called to serve out of a random pool).
And this has now happened in at least 7 cases, which is extraordinarily rare because Grand Juries ARE handled by Prosecutors and the defendants have no say, so they have a full court press.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Torchlight
(5,695 posts)Good luck