prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
ˌprä-si-kyü-ˈtȯr-ē-əl 
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has been in Minnesota for two days, as the Justice Department has sought to surge prosecutorial and law enforcement resources there.
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Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
That appeal was denied in October, leading her to file a new motion with a federal court to vacate her convictions, arguing juror misconduct and prosecutorial misconduct from the government denied her right to a fair trial.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Kroll, the attorney for the jewelers, said the government has stated that the removal occurred through the immigration process and without prosecutorial involvement.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Therefore, even corrupt uses of prosecutorial authority by the president—such as, say, trying to blackmail the chairman of the Federal Reserve—would be kosher.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
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Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
That appeal was denied in October, leading her to file a new motion with a federal court to vacate her convictions, arguing juror misconduct and prosecutorial misconduct from the government denied her right to a fair trial.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Kroll, the attorney for the jewelers, said the government has stated that the removal occurred through the immigration process and without prosecutorial involvement.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Therefore, even corrupt uses of prosecutorial authority by the president—such as, say, trying to blackmail the chairman of the Federal Reserve—would be kosher.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
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prosecutorial
adjective
pros·e·cu·to·ri·al
ˌprä-si-kyü-ˈtōr-ē-əl
: of, relating to, or being a prosecutor or prosecution
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