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They allowed a non prosecutor to trick them into handing down 2 indictments to forward Trump's evil plans

Ocelot II
(127,423 posts)which is the reason for the saying that it's possible to indict a ham sandwich. In federal court a typical grand jury consists of 23 people, and only a majority - 12 - is needed to indict. We can't say they (or maybe only 12 of them) screwed up, because they heard only the no-doubt slanted evidence presented by the compromised rookie prosecutor.
lame54
(38,463 posts)Aware of a madman's crazy tweets illegally ordering an indictment
Ocelot II
(127,423 posts)based only on evidence presented to them, not on anything they may have heard elsewhere. Also, a grand jury decision is only a probable cause determination, not a finding of guilt.
lame54
(38,463 posts)They have no rules while we adhere to every one
They count on it
Ocelot II
(127,423 posts)on things they've heard on TV or social media, or that they heard from a friend, or just think might be true? I don't.
lame54
(38,463 posts)Because they just facilitated that
Ocelot II
(127,423 posts)This case will probably crash and burn as soon as it gets before a judge. I'd rather see a weak indictment than jury nullification.
lame54
(38,463 posts)And the next
And the next
Trump can sell indictments as proof of guilt
Or diminish the severity of indictments to show his indictments were no big thing
Ocelot II
(127,423 posts)EarthAbides
(371 posts)Lawrence O'Donnell broke it down on his show last night. He is convinced that the grand jury was never shown the report from the inspector general that argued the case that McCabe lied.
lame54
(38,463 posts)They could have slammed the door on all of this
Now, the door is wide open
Ocelot II
(127,423 posts)It's not a determination of guilt, which still must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
lame54
(38,463 posts)Plus testing the grand jury's gullibilty
D.C. refused indictments and now the attempts have stopped
With Trump it's go go go