bring charges
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Van Houten said on Monday that at the time of the assault two years ago, his office concluded that evidence from her statement to authorities did not meet the legal threshold to bring charges.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Shortly after taking the job, according to Perez, diGenova vowed that he could bring charges in 30 days.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
But prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to bring charges because the girlfriend couldn’t identify the officers in the recording or say who made it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The investigation was closed in 2019 after prosecutors decided there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Before the third anniversary of his wedding-day came round he had parted with Harriet, against whose character his apologists, as above, have attempted to bring charges.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
