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“… He has been charged with giving false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding, the Justice Department said in a statement.…”
Trump Retribution Phase | COMEY INDICTED
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“… He has been charged with giving false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding, the Justice Department said in a statement.…”
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The greatest scandal in history is a two-count indictment for making false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding? lol
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Thanks to Trump’s public statements, he has a pretty good vindictive prosecution defense.
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Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization
Section 1. Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States
www.whitehouse.gov
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I am currently serving on a state grand jury. Let's just say the phrase that you can indict a ham sandwich is far more true than I could have ever imagined.
You hear one side of the story, the burden of proof is very low, and it doesn't require a unanimous vote.
The fact that they refused to indict on 1/3 charges is pretty telling.
You hear one side of the story, the burden of proof is very low, and it doesn't require a unanimous vote.
The fact that they refused to indict on 1/3 charges is pretty telling.
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Would love to hear more about your experience when your term is up.
I had a chance to be on a Federal Grand Jury in California (I think it was Federal, it may have been State - it was about 13 years ago).
I often regret passing that up - I think it would have been really interesting.
He will likely get a free or greatly reduced defense (if he is even a half-way decent negotiator) plus he will generate a lot of publicity that can be monetized. And there is basically no serious risk he will be convicted. Sort of a win-win for Comey.
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I got called for a federal grand jury when I lived in Virginia. In the meantime I had already moved to DC so I didn't have to go.
I've been called for jury duty 5 times. Once was the federal grand jury above. Another was for DC which happened right after I moved back to Virginia. Then DC another time where I didn't get selected and a Chatham County where I didn't have to show up.
My ex has never been called for jury duty. She lived in DC for 15 or so years so by average she should have been called 6-7 times.
I don't get it unless she has a felony I don't know about or something. But serving on a grand jury will exclude me from jury duty for the next six years I believe. (I suppose that doesn't carry over to federal though.)