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D.C. juries have declined to convict defendants accused of bribing a top Navy admiral and funding North Korea\u2019s nuclear program.<\/strong><\/p>

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Since taking over as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia last year, Jeanine Pirro has seen her office fail to get convictions in several high-profile cases. (Bloomberg\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Days after Jeanine Pirro took office last year as the top federal prosecutor in D.C., a jury convicted four-star Navy Admiral Robert P. Burke<\/a> of awarding a contract in exchange for a bribe. He remains the highest-ranking military officer in U.S. history to be imprisoned.<\/p>\n

But in a head-scratching twist, the executives who were accused of bribing Burke \u2014 with a postretirement job that paid $500,000 a year \u2014 walked free last month after another D.C. jury found them not guilty.<\/p>\n

The acquittals of Charlie Kim and Meghan Messenger, co-chief executives of the New York-based company Next Jump, defied historical trends. Their attorneys said it was the only known case in which a public official was behind bars for collecting a bribe that no one was guilty of paying. An earlier trial for the same two executives ended last year with a hung jury.<\/p>\n

Of the 51 bribery defendants nationwide who faced jury trials in the decade that ended last year, <\/b>only four were acquitted, according to statistics from the federal judiciary. Veteran defense lawyers and former prosecutors said acquittals and mistrials, while still a rarity, have become more frequent in D.C. in the year since President Donald Trump recruited Pirro from Fox News to lead the U.S. attorney\u2019s office in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

Kim and Messenger are among at least six defendants whom juries have declined to convict in headline-grabbing cases in D.C. federal court since Pirro took office in May 2025.<\/p>\n

Throughout their trials, the executives argued they were misled by Burke, whom they trusted as a respected military commander who would not stray from ethical standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn less than six hours, a jury of 12 unanimously said we were innocent,\u201d Messenger said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdmiral Burke was the trophy, and we were collateral damage,\u201d Kim said, criticizing prosecutors for tarnishing \u201cour brand and reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pirro has embraced a tough-on-crime persona she says is needed to \u201cclean up\u201d D.C. <\/b>and solve cases involving drug rings, financial scams and national security <\/b>threats, regularly holding news conferences to talk about arrests and indictments and directing her staff to prosecute the most serious charges for each offense. She points to statistics showing that violent crime has decreased in D.C. under her watch and has been praised by city leaders including Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) for her efforts.<\/p>\n

In a statement to The Washington Post, Pirro said that despite occasional snags in court, the criminal justice system is working \u201cexactly as designed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cD.C. juries have always been discerning in evaluating cases and we respect our juries\u2019 verdicts,\u201d Pirro said. \u201cWhile we may be disappointed with the outcomes of certain cases, we welcome the fact that our justice system requires we meet our burden before a person\u2019s liberty may be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Next Jump executives Charlie Kim and Meghan Messenger celebrate with their legal team outside the federal courthouse in D.C. after being acquitted of bribery charges on May 18. From left: Francesca Broggini and Reed Brodsky of Gibson Dunn, Messenger, William A. Burck of Quinn Emanuel, Kim, and Avi Perry and Brett Raffish of Quinn Emanuel. (Courtesy of Charlie Kim)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Jurors rarely speak publicly about verdicts, and attorneys trying federal cases in D.C. can approach them posttrial only with the court\u2019s permission, making the precise reasons for the mistrials and acquittals difficult to pinpoint. But legal experts, defense lawyers who practice in the nation\u2019s capital and former prosecutors who have left the U.S. attorney\u2019s office said Trump\u2019s fixation with using the Justice Department to punish critics and reward allies is one probable reason the D.C. jury pool now seems more inclined to side with those accused of crimes.<\/p>\n

Since taking office, Pirro has pursued Trump\u2019s perceived political foes with allegations of misconduct that have not led to criminal charges, including then-Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell and six Democratic lawmakers who angered the president by posting a social media video reminding U.S. service members that they could refuse illegal military commands. A grand jury refused to indict the six Democrats, and Pirro closed the investigation into Powell after a judge blocked subpoenas in the case.<\/p>\n

Pirro also has been asking judges to throw out the most serious convictions from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. A federal appeals court, acting on her request, has dissolved the convictions of members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers extremist groups, who had been found guilty of carrying out a seditious conspiracy against the United States.<\/p>\n

A former Fox News personality who served for decades as a district attorney and judge in the New York City suburbs, <\/b>Pirro also emerged as a key figure in Trump\u2019s move last summer to take over D.C. police and flood the city with federal law enforcement officers \u2014 an effort the administration said made the city safer but which was seen by many residents as unnecessary overreach.<\/p>\n

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From left, President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi and Pirro visit federal troops at the U.S. Park Police facility in Anacostia last August. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Veteran defense attorney Eugene Gorokhov said he has seen a shift in how D.C. residents disclose their biases when <\/b>called for jury duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d never had a case with so many people coming in the door saying, \u2018I\u2019m going have a hard time believing the feds,\u2019\u201d Gorokhov said, <\/b>describing <\/b>the jury-selection process at a recent trial in which jurors ultimately deadlocked on all counts.<\/p>\n

His client, Guanghua Jin, a Chinese man living in Australia, was extradited in 2024 to face trial in D.C. federal court on charges that he and others conspired to run an international tobacco-purchasing scheme that funded North Korea\u2019s nuclear program, in violation of U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n

After his first trial ended with a hung jury last fall, Jin faced another jury this spring. He was acquitted of the conspiracy charge, and jurors deadlocked on all other counts. Rather than face a third trial, Jin pleaded guilty to a lesser fraud conspiracy and successfully petitioned the court to be deported to China, Gorokhov said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first trial … there was a very strong reaction from the D.C. pool that they were mad at the executive branch in general,\u201d he said. The jury-selection process for that trial coincided with Trump\u2019s law enforcement surge in D.C.<\/a>, Gorokhov said. Prospective jurors who were being screened for bias made statements such as, \u201cI\u2019m going to be skeptical of anything DOJ does,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat number went down in the second jury pool, although that could be random chance,\u201d Gorokhov said, adding that Jin forcefully contested the prosecution\u2019s evidence and the testimony of the lead agent on the case.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors in D.C. and nationwide continue to win roughly 90 percent of cases they take to trial, a conviction rate that holds when measuring all cases, including plea agreements used to resolve most federal charges. The statistics do not include D.C. Superior Court, where many violent crimes are prosecuted. Pirro\u2019s office has gotten federal juries to convict defendants of fraud, felony murder and drug-related offenses in recent months.<\/p>\n

Still, the U.S. attorney\u2019s office under Pirro also has run into other notable setbacks over the past year.<\/p>\n

Jacob Winkler, who was indicted on a felony charge after allegedly shining a red laser pointer at a helicopter transporting Trump, was acquitted in January after jurors deliberated for less than a day. A Secret Service officer said in a court submission that the red light could have disoriented the pilot and caused an \u201cairborne collision.\u201d<\/p>

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Another jury deadlocked the same month when Cortney Merritts, the husband of former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri), went on trial over allegations that he defrauded coronavirus pandemic relief programs by taking more than $20,000 in loans for his moving company.<\/p>\n

In that case, U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb ruled that Merritts\u2019s defense could not \u201cmake arguments that amount to veiled attempts at jury nullification, such as asking jurors to decide the case based on sentiments about politically motivated prosecutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. After the judge declared a mistrial, Pirro dropped the case.<\/p>\n

A jury also acquitted a D.C. man, Sean C. Dunn, who was accused of assaulting a federal officer \u2014 by hurling a sandwich<\/u><\/a> at him \u2014 during Trump\u2019s law enforcement surge last year.<\/p>\n

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Sean C. Dunn was acquitted by a D.C. jury after throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in August. (Andrew Leyden\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

In all of those trials, as well as Kim and Messenger\u2019s, judges did not grant requests from defense attorneys to dismiss the charges or acquit the defendants for lack of evidence. That signals that those judges thought jurors plausibly could convict the defendants based on the government\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

Abbe Smith, a Georgetown University law professor who has been practicing criminal defense law in D.C. for decades, said Pirro is encountering the limits of what she can do in a jurisdiction disproportionately filled with lawyers, highly educated professionals and \u201cnews and politics junkies,\u201d as well as lifelong residents who have experienced the push and pull between home rule and the federal government\u2019s authority over the city \u2014 and may remember those struggles as the Trump administration surges law enforcement resources and deploys National Guard troops to patrol D.C. streets.<\/p>\n

Smith said Pirro\u2019s policy of maximizing charges for each alleged offense, coupled with headlines about investigations that Trump has publicly demanded, may have some jurors wondering: \u201cMight there be more pressing cases? Might there be more serious cases? Might there be cases more in the public interest?\u201d<\/p>\n

Valerie Hans, a Cornell University law professor who has written extensively about the American jury system, said that \u201cthe pursuit of individuals who are targets of the Trump administration … has certainly raised questions about the credibility of the prosecutors pursuing them.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, she added, most people called for jury duty may not be aware of \u201cpolitical prosecutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Navy bribery investigation into Burke\u2019s dealings with Next Jump began under Pirro\u2019s predecessor, then-U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, and was conducted alongside prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section at Justice Department headquarters. That unit has since been disbanded by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors said Burke capped his distinguished naval career with \u201ca stunning abuse of power,\u201d ordering his subordinates to award Next Jump a no-bid contract worth $355,000 in the waning days of 2021 for a leadership training course.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Kim and Messenger said the admiral had built up a sterling reputation within the Navy, rising to become its second-in-command and chief ethics officer after numerous postings around the world and more than 17 years at sea. On the witness stand at her second trial, Messenger testified that Burke was revered \u201clike the pope\u201d for being a stickler for rules.<\/p>\n

The executives\u2019 defense attorneys said Burke deceived them into thinking they could discuss the Navy contract at the same time they were negotiating the admiral\u2019s postretirement job at Next Jump for a $500,000 salary, along with bonuses and stock options.<\/p>\n

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Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, 63, walks out of the federal courthouse in D.C. on Sept. 16 after being sentenced to six years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges. (Jose Luis Magana\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cA four-star admiral with a fleet of people around him, with enormous power, who commanded fear and respect, who everyone believed was the epitome of integrity, lied and deceived Meghan Messenger and Charlie Kim,\u201d Reed Brodsky, the attorney for Messenger, said during closing arguments.<\/p>\n

A federal prosecutor in Pirro\u2019s office, Rebecca Ross, said the two Next Jump executives knew they were breaking the rules but were driven by greed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the oldest story in the book: Blame the other guy,\u201d Ross said in her closing remarks to the jury.<\/p>\n

The defense team also questioned what benefit Kim and Messenger stood to gain from the alleged bribe. The company already had obtained multimillion-dollar Navy contracts in previous years, and those were not alleged to be corrupt. Of the $355,000 total value for the 2022 contract, Next Jump\u2019s share as a subcontractor was $257,000, according to the trial evidence. The lead contractor was not accused of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Burke retired in 2022 as the Navy\u2019s commander for Europe and Africa. He was convicted<\/a> last year of bribery, conspiracy, conflict-of-interest acts and concealing material facts.<\/p>\n

Burke is appealing his case as he serves a six-year sentence at a prison camp in West Virginia. His attorney has filed court papers arguing that the acquittal of Kim and Messenger has thrown the admiral\u2019s conviction into question.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo juries that heard the full evidence could not convict the alleged bribe payers, yet Admiral Burke remains in prison,\u201d Burke\u2019s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, said. \u201cThis incoherent result speaks for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Pirro, Tim Lauer, said in a statement: \u201cAdmiral Burke was convicted because the jury found beyond a reasonable doubt that he abused his position to steer government contracts in exchange for future employment. Jury outcomes in related cases don\u2019t alter the facts or the verdict. We remain confident that the conviction stands on the strength of the evidence and the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Next Jump executives were found not guilty May 18, Parlatore asked U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden to release Burke from prison pending the outcome of his appeal because \u201cthe remaining evidence cannot independently sustain a conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n

McFadden denied that request.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim and Messenger\u2019s acquittals in no way call into question Burke\u2019s conviction,\u201d McFadden said in a written order, adding, \u201cIf anything, their focus on Burke\u2019s lies and subsequent acquittal reinforces Burke\u2019s wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>

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