DC Grand Juries Tell Trump's DOJ "NO, We Won't Indict Protestors on Felony Charges!"

Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

Crossover Media Group

Legal, Progressive, Judicial, Politics, Political, Government, Law, News, News Commentary, Justice, Democrats, Justice Department, Liberal

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It's a rare occurrence when a grand jury refuses to indict a case that a prosecutor urges them to indict. Yet Donald Trump's US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, had grand juries tell her N0, they would NOT indict two protestors for assaulting police officers. In fact, those grand juries told here no FOUR TIMES!

One of the protestors threw a sandwich at an officer and another reportedly stepped between a scuffle with officers who were trying to detain someone due to the person's immigration status.

The grand jury sits as the conscious of the community and evaluates the evidence presented by the prosecutors to determine if there is enough evidence to indict someone on a felony charge. But the grand jury also is a check on prosecutorial overreach, abuse, and misconduct.

For nightly live Law Talks, please join Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.com

If you're interested in supporting our all-volunteer efforts, you can become a Team Justice patron at:

/ glennkirschner

If you'd like to support Glenn and buy Team Justice and Justice Matters merchandise visit:

https://shop.spreadshirt.com/glennkir...

Check out Glenn's website at https://glennkirschner.com/

Follow Glenn on:

Threads: https://www.threads.net/glennkirschner2

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirsch...

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/glennkirschn...

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/glennkirschner2

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.
0:05.5	That's audible.co.uk slash Wondery.
0:11.4	It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst, Glenn Kirshner.
0:32.5	A Washington, D.C. grand jury has said they won't indict a protester on felony charges for throwing a sandwich.
0:34.4	Glenn discusses this story in just a few minutes here on Justice Matters.
0:40.0	These are difficult times, and if you believe in justice, progress, and democracy, the news
0:44.7	you read and listen to can be pretty depressing. And that's why there's a new podcast called Good
0:49.6	News for Lefties and America. Get this, every day it features positive stories for progressive listeners,
0:54.8	because no matter how disturbing or horrific or soul-crushing the headlines might be,
0:59.5	there's still always hope that we can build on for a better tomorrow. We've seen it happen before.
1:04.9	Good News for Lefties in America. Listen on this platform at good news for lefties.com
1:08.5	or wherever find podcasts or heard.
1:15.9	Thank you. platform at Good News for Lefties.com or wherever fine podcasts are heard. Hey all, Glenn Kirshner here. So friends, I'm not going to lie. I love this story because it
1:24.3	involves regular folk, grand jurors, citizens who come from all over the D.C. community
1:33.3	who are called upon to decide if one of their own should be criminally charged.
1:40.3	The grand jury, sitting as the conscience of the community, gets to make that decision.
1:47.0	And in the process, the grand jury also serves as a safeguard against prosecutorial overreach, abuse, and misconduct.
2:00.0	And friends, multiple grand juries in Washington, D.C., just told Janine Piro to stand down.
2:11.3	We will not indict these people for felony crimes the way you are telling us to do.
2:22.2	Friends, let's start with the new reporting.
2:25.5	This from NBC News, grand jury declines to indict man who threw a sandwich at federal officer
2:33.1	in D.C. And that article begins,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Crossover Media Group, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Crossover Media Group and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.