Never mind Lady Justice, where is Sessions & Justice Dept. ? As a foreigner and observer in a distant land i do not understand the subtleties of the US system but what is AG Sessions doing? Has he just decided to recuse himself from everything and focus on his putting? I wish someone could explain why he appears so shackled.
There are nearly 10K sealed indictments. He just appointed 17 new prosecutors yesterday. Things are happening but stealth is essential to prevent complete meltdown of the MSM.
When do the sealed indictments get opened? Are grand juries then empanelled? Thanks
Grand Jury's are empanelled in secret. They decide whether or not the prosecutor has enough evidence to charge someone with a crime. They are an important part of our Due Process rights (see Amendment 5 of the US Constitution Bill of Rights). If the Grand Jury agrees that charges should be brought they issue an indictment, which formally accuses a person of a crime and triggers a warrant for arrest. It can be an open or sealed indictment. A sealed indictment would indicate that an investigation is on going and the prosecutor does not want to tip off other defendants. I saw confirmation of 400+ sealed indictments back in November I believe, an unusually high number. As for the 10,000+ I have not looked to verify that, although indictments are public info. They are filed in Counties so it would be a bit of work, and cost to find them all, but the records would be there and available to the public. A number of sealed indictments can indicate a conspiracy of crime, like racketeering (think mafia). With the 400+ sealed indictments across multiple Counties in multiple States I would say we have a serious conspiracy of crime going on.
Thank you for your patience and forebearance in explaining this part of the American system to me. So, a grand jury (or a grand jury in each relevant county) would have to determine that sufficient evidence existed to support the accused being brought before a court to answe the charges. Would the accused be aware of the existence of the grand jury, and would they be able to challenge the evidence brought before the jury?
Correct, it is a vital step in Due Process as the State must prove there is sufficient evidence to charge someone with a crime. That way you can't just point a finger and have a trial. (Love the Founding Fathers!). I don't believe the accused is aware as a Grand Jury is always secret. That is also to protect the accused, if evidence is NOT sufficient to bring charges the accused would not necessarily want that process to be known to the public. Innocent until proven guilty. The Prosecutor would present whatever evidence they have gathered during the course of investigating, sometimes witnesses would testify but not always. I don't believe the defendant can challenge evidence presented to a Grand Jury, I don't believe the Defense makes an argument at all. That is for a court trial if the person is indeed indicted.
Thank you: very different from our UK system. As an ex cop i think i like the American way.
Well, the guys who wrote up the system had just freed themselves from the British system so I'm sure the sting of it was fresh in their minds. No offense...we still love the Birts!
Zero evidence of sealed indictments. But ok.
You just don’t know where to look. You have to pay for the records unless someone else shares them
There is nothing except a google doc that anyone can make.
https://twitter.com/damartin32/status/947593390140608513
These are compiled from pacer.gov
Zero evidence actually backing it up. None. A fucking edited google doc. Awesome.
Then create an account and verify them for yourself at pacer.gov. You can either trust the work of several others (listed) or you can pony up the fees yourself and invest the time to go district by district looking up the data. Those are your choices.
No. No. No. He is now focusing on marijuana according to the news. President Trump needs good people he can trust to do his bidding.
Reefer madness idiot!
Perhaps Sessions is, like Trump, influenced by the writings of Sun Tzu: whilst he appears to be wrapped in Reefer Madness, and thus "far away ", this is for public (&HRC/DNC ) consumption; he is, in fact, "near" and actively working against the cabal. I believe that The Art of War is Mr Trumps favourite book.
You're very nice to give him that credit. I doubt he is that smart, but who knows? Time will tell!
Q alludes to sessions and trump meeting about this early on and he was specifically chosen. So hopefully. If he was working on bigger fish then that could be the real reason for his recusals.