“Jury Nullification Training: The Left’s Blueprint to Rig American Justice”

“From Election Interference to Jury Tampering—Lawfare Next Step in the War on the Constitution and President Trump."

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A recent ruling by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee, has raised serious concerns about threats to the integrity of the grand jury system. In quashing grand jury subpoenas issued by the Department of Justice under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro targeting Federal Reserve records related to roughly $1 billion in building renovation cost overruns, Boasberg determined there was “essentially zero evidence” of criminal wrongdoing by Fed Chair Jerome Powell and concluded the subpoenas were issued for an improper, pretextual purpose—to harass or pressure Powell into lowering interest rates as demanded by President Trump or to force his resignation.

Pirro, in a fiery press conference, lambasted the decision as overreach by an “activist judge” that “neutered the grand jury’s ability to investigate crime,” effectively granting Powell “immunity” from scrutiny and allowing the Federal Reserve to ignore legitimate grand jury demands. She warned that if such judicial interference—dismissing subpoenas by alleging political motivation without letting the grand jury evaluate evidence—stands, it would enable defense attorneys in any case to claim political targeting, undermining the grand jury as the nation’s premier tool for probing government corruption and holding powerful figures accountable. This instance of what critics call “lawfare” by rogue district judges highlights a broader erosion of trust in the justice system, prompting calls for the DOJ (under AG Pam Bondi) to appeal or seek a writ of mandamus, and for the Roberts-led Supreme Court to intervene to protect the grand jury process from such politicized disruptions. ¹

Organized jury nullification training, such as the sessions promoted by the Minneapolis activist group Defend612, poses a serious threat to the fairness and impartiality of America’s jury system. When groups actively teach people how to get on juries and then ignore the law to acquit defendants—especially in politically charged cases—it risks turning juries from neutral factfinders into tools for activism. This undermines the core promise of equal justice under the law, erodes public trust in trials, and opens the door to selective enforcement where outcomes depend on ideology rather than evidence. If unchecked, it could weaken the constitutional right to a fair trial and destabilize the entire justice system. ²

Here’s a simple breakdown of the key facts and why these matters:

• What is jury nullification? It’s when jurors vote to acquit someone even if they believe the person broke the law—often because they disagree with the law itself or how it’s being applied.

• What Defend612 is doing: This anti-ICE activist group is openly hosting virtual “Jury Nullification” trainings (e.g., “The People’s Pardon or Jury Nullification”) to teach people about the tactic, its history, and how to use it today framed as resisting “authoritarian overreach” and protecting “local heroes” from prosecution.

• How the training works in practice: Participants learn jury nullification as a way to shield activists from charges in cases like assaults on immigration officers, with some reports suggesting instructions to act neutral or lie during jury selection (voir dire) to get seated on relevant juries.

• Why training jurors to nullify is illegal/problematic: Jury nullification itself is a power jurors have (they can’t be punished for a not-guilty verdict), but organizing training to systematically obstruct justice—especially by encouraging lies to the court during voir dire to get on a jury and then ignore evidence/instructions—is highly improper and can cross into jury tampering or obstruction of justice under federal laws like 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (influencing jurors corruptly or impeding justice) and § 1512 (tampering via corrupt persuasion or misleading conduct). Courts view juries as impartial; deliberately rigging them with pre-set agendas to nullify in specific cases equates to interference similar to bribery or intimidation, and direct attempts to influence jurors in pending cases have led to tampering charges.

• Why this is an overt act in the Ft. Pierce, Florida Grand Jury investigation: The ongoing grand jury in Fort Pierce (Southern District of Florida) is probing an alleged long-running “grand conspiracy” or “lawfare” pattern from the Obama-Biden era—described by AG Pam Bondi as election-meddling, weaponization of government, and civil rights violations against conservatives/Trump. Jury nullification training fits as an overt act because it demonstrates a coordinated modus operandi of interfering in the justice system (e.g., manufacturing/subverting cases, hiding evidence, rigging outcomes) to protect allies and target opponents—mirroring tactics like election interference in multiple presidential cycles (2016 Russia probe, 2020 challenges, etc.). ³ ⁴ ⁵

• Seditious Six grand jury failure as a parallel overt act to consolidate: In February 2026, a Washington, D.C. federal grand jury unanimously refused to indict the “Seditious Six” Democratic lawmakers (Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan) over their video urging military/intelligence personnel to refuse illegal orders—despite aggressive pursuit by Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. This rare “no true bill” rejection (exceedingly uncommon under the low probable cause threshold) highlights grand jury resistance to perceived political overreach or lawfare; it should be consolidated into the Ft. Pierce probe as an overt act showing the same pattern of justice-system interference, where citizens reject attempts to weaponize prosecutions against political opponents, further proving the overarching conspiracy of selective enforcement, jury/electoral manipulation across three presidential elections, and systemic subversion of constitutional processes. ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

• Why the Ft. Pierce Grand Jury must investigate funders of these groups as overt acts: Funders behind groups like Free DC (via its “Juror Information Project”) and Defend612—such as George Soros-linked Open Society Foundations (providing millions to parent orgs like Community Change, e.g., $12.6 million from 2020–2023), Arabella Advisors (~$5.6 million), Tides Foundation (~$1.9 million), and others—enable these trainings through substantial grants for “civil rights/social action.” This financial support acts as an overt act in furtherance of the overarching lawfare conspiracy, as it sustains coordinated efforts to subvert impartial justice by promoting nullification in politically sensitive cases, mirroring broader tactics of election interference, evidence suppression, and rigged outcomes across three presidential cycles; probing these ties could reveal intent to weaponize the justice system against opponents, proving a pattern of systemic interference and allowing prosecutors to overcome statutes of limitations in Bondi’s “ten-year stain” investigation. ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹²

• Broader lawfare modus operandi & pattern of conspiracy: This tactic shows a consistent strategy by alleged conspirators to undermine impartial justice: fabricate charges against political foes (e.g., Trump cases), suppress exculpatory evidence, interfere in elections across three cycles, and now rig juries through activist training to nullify enforcement in ideologically opposed prosecutions—proving an overarching conspiracy to subvert constitutional processes and the rule of law.

In short, while jury nullification has historical roots in resisting truly tyrannical laws, organized training to weaponize it in routine cases threatens the bedrock of our democracy: impartial juries applying the law equally to everyone. This isn’t just activism—it’s a direct challenge to the rule of law that every American relies on for protection and fairness, and it strengthens the case for inclusion in the Ft. Pierce probe in establishing a pattern of conspiracy as part of a larger pattern of systemic election interference.

References and Citations

1. New: Activist Judge Halts DOJ Powell Probe, and Guess Who It Is – RedState

2. https://alphanews.org/minneapolis-anti-ice-activist-group-promotes-jury-nullification-training-amid-high-profile-cases/

3. https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/monten-year-stain-pam-bondi-has-asked-prosecutors-probe-decade

4. Ft. Pierce Grand Jury Preview: The Ten-Year Conspiracy to Destroy Trump and America

5. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/norm-eisen-admits-trump-ukrainian-phone-call-impeachment/

6. https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/2029391087253766558?s=20

7. Trump’s grand jury trouble: Citizens increasingly resist DOJ’s attempts to indict

8. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/23/report-u-s-attorney-pirros-office-halts-case-democrats-encouraged-military-disobedience/

9. Dark-money megadonors, including George Soros, fund group organizing protests against Trump’s DC crime crackdown

10. ‘Dark money’ group paying pro-Democrat influencers up to $8K a month: report

11. Soros and major charities bankroll group backing jury nullification effort in DC

12. Non-profit groups bank billions from political insiders

[Note: This analysis was created by a former Retired DEA Supervisory Special Agent John Seaman with over 30 years’ experience conducting complex conspiracy investigations. Seaman is the co-author of an article Taliban Include Heroin Kingpins in Leadership - by Gretchen Peters and John Seaman - SpyTalk and author of Ideology and Political Correctness Trump Reality and reference in article The secret story of how America lost the drug war with the Taliban - POLITICOPOLITICO]