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0 pointsdragontamer3y ago0 comments

Well, the Grand Jury looked at them and the evidence and seemed to think there is a crime worthy of prosecution here.

That's why we have grand juries, to make sure a crime is truly serious before revealing in public the alleged crime.

In all due time, the charge will be public and we will see the evidence ourselves. The news event is that the prosecutors have crossed one of the major hurdles of a typical criminal court case and have convinced a grand jury to proceed.

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ncallaway3y ago

While a Grand Jury should theoretically be a high bar to cross, it certainly seems like (in practice) they’re not so much of a challenge.

I’m also generally much more skeptical of state level pre-indictment processes which generally aren’t quite as buttoned down as federal pre-indictment processes (though, that’s a pretty broad generalization).

But, the indictments will come out soon, and the evidence supporting them eventually, so time will certainly tell.

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ncallaway3y ago

While a Grand Jury should theoretically be a high bar to cross, it certainly seems like (in practice) they’re not so much of a challenge.

But, the indictments will come out soon, and the evidence supporting them eventually, so time will certainly tell.

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