• aarch0x40@lemmy.world
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    The US Attorney prosecuting misdemeanors as a priority now? How much more desperate is this adminstation trying to appear?

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    For those who thought this guy was past this…

    A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count, part of a pattern of pushback against the Justice Department’s prosecution of surge-related criminal cases. After the rare rebuke from the grand jury, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office charged Dunn instead with a misdemeanor.

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    Technically, it was a “meat sandwich” thrown at “point-blank range” only to “explode” all over.

    *actual language from the trial. Probably the hottest action meal-team 6 ever got.

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    If you throw a soft fluffy pillow or a submarine sandwich the punishment is the same? What about intent? Does that come into play? Oh, I forgot, there is no law anymore, just retribution.

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    They need for this to be a crime, otherwise it sets a precedent of what can be legally done to a federal agent without legally sanctioned retaliation.

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    I thought they already failed to indict this protestor?

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    A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count, part of a pattern of pushback against the Justice Department’s prosecution of surge-related criminal cases. After the rare rebuke from the grand jury, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office charged Dunn instead with a misdemeanor.

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      these incompetents will keep trying to make a case out of this, watch. double, triple jeopardy whatever it takes.

      I wonder if this is being driven by trump himself or miller. my money is on miller.

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      The trial already started… That’s the point of the article. The first paragraph mentions the jury…

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    Producer Amy Pascal threw a sandwich at producer Kevin Feige over a disagreement about bringing Spiderman into the MCU