 In February 2019, Hussain retained Joe Tacopina as defense attorney, who criticized the impasse between the state and the NTSB as an effort to protect a weak case.He accused the state of "trying to get evidence to match their misguided theory".On April 5, 2019, just before the six-month deadline to do so, the grand jury indicted Hussain on 20 counts each of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter.