A DC grand jury has once again declined to indict an individual charged with a serious crime against federal agents.
On Tuesday it was reported that a DC grand jury declined to indict a DC attorney and West Point grad charged with assaulting and threatening to kill National Guardsmen last month.
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro charged Paul Bryant for physically assaulting a National Guardsman patrolling the streets of DC on Trump’s orders.
Bryant threatened the guardsmen and said, “I’ll kill you.”
“The charges against Bryant are the most serious yet to be rejected by a grand jury. One count against him under a D.C. Code statute for threats to injure another person carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Another count for threatening a federal official carries a maximum of 10 years,” WUSA9 reported.
WUSA9 reported:
A federal grand jury has declined to indict a D.C. lawyer accused of assaulting and threatening members of the National Guard, WUSA9 has learned.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office informed a magistrate judge Tuesday that grand jurors had returned a no true bill for Paul Anthony Bryant, according to two people familiar with the matter. The rejection is at least the eighth time in the last month a grand jury has declined to charge felonies sought by Pirro’s office.
Bryant was arrested roughly an hour-and-a-half after an alleged Aug. 24 incident involving members of the National Guard who were patrolling on 14th Street Northwest as part of President Donald Trump’s federal surge in D.C. In an affidavit filed in federal court, investigators accused Bryant of approaching the Guardsmen while yelling things, including “These are our streets!” and, allegedly, “I’ll kill you.” Before leaving the area, according to the affidavit, Bryant “threw his left shoulder” into one of the Guardsmen’s shoulders.
Bryant, a graduate of West Point and Columbia Law School, told a judge the charges were “baseless” and derided prosecutors for filing a case predicated on hearsay. Because members of the National Guard patrolling D.C. do not wear body cameras, Bryant’s attorney said there is no video of the alleged incident.
BREAKING: A grand jury has REJECTED charges against D.C. attorney Paul Bryant, a West Point grad accused of assaulting and threatening to kill National Guardsmen.
Easily the most serious charges to get no true billed so far during the federal surge.https://t.co/RbcoBGQd3j
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) September 9, 2025
Far-left Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui released Paul Bryant last month and over Pirro’s objections and called it “perhaps one of the weakest” requests for detention he’s ever seen.
Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui released Paul Bryant last month over prosecutors’ objections, calling it “perhaps one of the weakest” requests for detention he’d ever seen.
Bryant has a preliminary hearing scheduled tomorrow and a bond review hearing Friday. https://t.co/RbcoBGQd3j
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) September 9, 2025
On Tuesday evening, Pirro’s office filed a notice that it is withdrawing its appeal of judge Faruqui’s order granting Bryant a bond.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has just filed notice that it is withdrawing its appeal of Magistrate Judge Faruqui’s order granting Paul Bryant bond. pic.twitter.com/czSTCztCUw
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) September 9, 2025
DC grand juries also declined to indict others charged with assaulting federal agents.
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