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Trump's Nominee Faces Backlash Over Assault Charge Misstep
8/27/2025
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- Immigration rights attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick criticized President Trump's U.S. attorney nominee, Jeanine Pirro, for reducing assault charges to a misdemeanor.
- The Department of Justice reportedly could not indict Pirro for allegedly assaulting an ICE officer.
- Reichlin-Melnick emphasized the grand jury's rejection as a notable failure for Pirro.
