Prosecutors already have dropped nearly a dozen cases from Trump's D.C. crime surge, judge says

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More than 50 people face federal charges in Washington since the emergency deployment began, but cases are crumbling under judicial scrutiny.

Grand juries have refused indictments eight times, highlighting widespread skepticism about the strength of prosecution evidence.

WASHINGTON — More than 50 people have faced federal charges in Washington since President Trump’s emergency law-and-order surge began last month. Already, prosecutors have dropped at least 11 of those cases, an unusually high collapse rate that judges say is wasting court resources.

The dismissals highlight the risks of Trump’s emergency surge strategy: an unprecedented flood of arrests that has produced headlin