Re: Q: "Does Durham want to hold [freeze] 'public' declas due to criminal nature of the probe(s)? Think GJ material."

According to https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6031&context=jclc

>The purposes for grand jury secrecy in American jurisdictions were set out in United States v. Amazon Industrial Chemical Corp.

>1) to prevent the escape of suspects before indictment can be accomplished;

>2) to protect the freedom of grand jury deliberations;

>3) to prevent tampering with grand jury witnesses be-fore their testimony is given at public trial;

>4) to encourage unrestrained disclosures by grand jury witnesses, with no fear of retaliation; and

>5) to protect a suspect found innocent by the grand jury.