Overview

• Grand jurors declined another felony assault indictment tied to the surge, with prosecutors moving to dismiss the case against Alvin Summers after defense lawyers said body‑camera footage undercut an officer’s account.
• Earlier high‑profile efforts also faltered, as a grand jury repeatedly refused to indict Sean Dunn in the sandwich‑throwing case and rejected felony charges three times against Sidney Reid, forcing prosecutors to file only misdemeanors.
• U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro publicly blamed jurors from Georgetown and Northwest for not taking crime seriously and said her office will keep pursuing the highest charges allowed, even as Dunn now faces only a misdemeanor.
• Pirro’s office is operating with severe shortages and has enlisted military lawyers, while the arrest surge has swamped D.C. federal courts with backlogs and trial dates pushed as far as 2027, according to reporting citing court officials and AP.
• Judges have sharply criticized arrest and search practices in multiple cases, with Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui calling one search “the most illegal” he had seen as federal agents and National Guard deployments helped generate more than 1,000 arrests since Aug. 11.