Overview

• Jurors returned a not-guilty verdict in under two hours on the lone misdemeanor assault charge against Reid.
• Prosecutors brought the case as a misdemeanor after multiple grand juries declined to indict on felonies.
• Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued adverse jury instructions on inconsistent testimony, late disclosure, and self-defense.
• FBI Special Agent Eugenia Bates faced impeachment over texts that downplayed injuries, used a slur for Reid, and were produced incompletely and late.
• The incident stemmed from Reid filming an ICE operation outside DC Jail, with DOJ earlier alleging an agent suffered hand lacerations during the detention.