- The Trump administration charged at least 851 people with attacking or impeding federal officers, but Reuters found about 31% of completed cases were dismissed (about 45% for immigration‑protest arrests).
- Many people still suffered real harms — arrests, jail, job losses and online threats — even when prosecutors later dropped the charges (e.g., a photographer arrested for tossing an empty water bottle).
- Critics and some judges say prosecutors took an unusually aggressive, lower‑threshold approach under political pressure, damaging trust in the DOJ.
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