Case Document3 Filed 06/20/19

Presented to the Court by the foreman of the
Grand Jury in open Court, in the presence of
the Grand Jury and FILED in the US.
DISTRICT COURT at Seattle, Washington.

June 2.6 
. Mc 0L, Clerk

BY Deputy

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

 

 

 

 

AT SEATTLE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case INDICTMENT
SHAWNA REID,
Defendant.
The Grand Jury charges that:
COUNT I

(False Declarations before the Grand Jury)

On or about February 28, 2018, in the Western District of Washington, SHAWNA REID, the

defendant, while under oath in a proceeding before a federal grand jury empaneled and sitting in the

Western District of Washington at Seattle, knowingly made false material declarations.

Speci?cally, after being interviewed by a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

and a Seattle Police Department Detective on August 23, 2017, defendant SHAWNA REID appeared

before the federal grand jury on February 28, 2018, where she was asked the following questions and

gave the following answers regarding the earlier interview:

Q:

of a hill, end quote?
No.

In your ?rst interview, did you say to the FBI that [Suspect bragged to you about

[Suspect 1?s] involvement in the murder of a, quote, judge or an attorney that lives on top

 






 

 

 

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Q: In your ?rst interview, did you say to the FBI that [Suspect bragged that the murder
victim was someone of importance like a judge or an attorney general?

A: No.

In truth and in fact, as defendant SHAWNA REID well knew when she testi?ed before the grand

jury, she had told the FBI agent and detective during that ?rst interview on August 23, 2017, that
Suspect #1 had bragged to her about Suspect #l?s involvement in the murder of a judge or lawyer that
lives on top of a hill, and also stated several times that Suspect #1 had called the murder victim an
?attorney general.?

All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1623.

COUNT 2
(Obstruction of Justice)

Between on or about August 25, 2017, and on or about February 28, 2018, in the Western District
of Washington, SHAWNA REID, the defendant, corruptly in?uenced, obstructed, and impeded, and
endeavored to in?uence, obstruct, and impede the due administration of justice, to wit, REID made false
material statements to law enforcement of?cials on August 25, 2017 and on December 7, 2017, and then,
on February 28, 2018, appeared before a federal grand jury empaneled and sitting in the Western District
of Washington at Seattle, and made false material statements to that grand jury. All of these false
statements pertained to whether Suspect #1 had told defendant SHAWNA REID about Suspect #1 ?s









 



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involvement in the murder of a lawyer, judge, or attorney general who lived on a hill and whether REID
had reported what Suspect #1 told her when she was interviewed by law enforcement of?cials on August

23, 2017.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1503.

A TRUE BILL:
DATED: go Teena pee: 

Signature of Foreverson redacted)
FOREPERSON

2W

JAFFE

Chief

Organized Crime and Gang Section
Criminal Division

United States Department of Justice


Steven D. lemer
Assistant United States Attorney