02/22/2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases
In federal criminal cases, there is no direct equivalent to the civil "offer of judgment" (Rule 68) that allows a defendant to unilaterally trigger cost recovery if acquitted. Instead, innocent defendants seeking recovery of costs must rely on the Hyde Amendment, which allows reimbursement only if the prosecution was vexatious, frivolous, or in bad
This should be requested and envoked, when the Judge is Dismissing withPrejudice, do to the Prosecution's charges relying on false evidence.
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
