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The Justice Department can try to seek a new indictment of James, but it's not clear if they will succeed.
A law enforcement source tells NPR a grand jury in Virginia declined to bring criminal charges against Tish James.
The New York attorney general is a prominent critic of the president, who sued him on civil fraud charges related to his real estate business and won.
Her lawyer, Abby Lowell, says the investigation of James is a stain on the Justice Department and raises questions about its integrity.
Two separate grand juries in Virginia have now rejected indictments against James.
A judge invalidated other charges against her because the prosecutor President Trump installed was not legally appointed.
The Justice Department can try to seek a new indictment of James, but it's not clear if they will succeed.
The new lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington says the FBI agents did not have training in crowd control.
They lacked helmets, riot shields, and other equipment when they were confronted by some hostile crowd members at a racial justice protest in June 2020.
To diffuse the situation, FBI agents closest to the crowd took a knee.
They were investigated over the matter years ago, but nothing happened.
Then, after new leaders joined the Bureau this year, they were investigated again and fired for unprofessional conduct, shortcutting the formal discipline process.
Now, those 12 former agents are asking for back pay and to return to their jobs.
The FBI declined comment, citing pending litigation.
President Trump has been vocal about his desire to see the Justice Department charge Tish James, one of his most prominent critics.
A federal judge threw out a bank fraud case against her after ruling the prosecutor who brought the case had been unlawfully appointed.
This week, the DOJ tried again with a different prosecutor in Virginia.