FILE PHOTO: FBI agents gather in front of a Metro Transit Police van near the Anacostia bus station, after U.S. President Donald Trump deployed U.S. National Guard troops to Washington and ordered an increase in the presence of federal law enforcement to assist in crime prevention, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal prosecutors failed three times to persuade a grand jury to indict a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent during an immigration operation in Washington, D.C., last month, a highly unusual failure as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to aggressively charge street crime in the nation's capital.
Three different federal grand juries declined to indict Sydney Reid for assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, prosecutors disclosed in a court filing late on Monday. Prosecutors then downgraded the offense to a misdemeanor.
