Discussion: WSJ: Mueller Impanels Grand Jury In Federal Russia Probe

[system1]

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[topcat]

It’s Mueller time!

[dave48]

Well, this seems to be proceeding rather quickly. Let’s see how soon it will be before the first round of indictments are announced… then the second round, third round, etc…

[zsak]

Slowly the drama unfolds. I’d hold my breath but there’s so much to uncover it will take awhile.

[greycardinal]

Have a nice vacation, Donald!

[mike_in_houston]

Probably because the main players were so blatant and dismissive of the rule of law… as John Oliver put it - this really is “stupid watergate”.

[good_old_neon]

Just as Senate is beginning work on a bipartisan bill to protect the Special Counsel. Nice one.

[j.dave]

Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

[phillydave]

Shit, meet fan. Fan, shit.

[caltg]

Get ready for another tweet-storm or two or three or . . . from our whack-job “president,” as well as renewed efforts to discredit and fire Mueller.

[mike_in_houston]

Tomorrow is Friday…time for some more weekend bombshells.

[woland66]

I expected that Mueller investigation will uncover lots of misdeeds by Trump and his coterie. I did not expect that it will be moving so quickly. (Of course it is using fruits of counterintelligence investigations that started more than a year ago…)

[gregd]

What are the key points, here? I’m no expert, so I’m curious for procedural background from those with more knowledge:

1. This is a distinct grand jury, suggesting breadth of the investigation. If the scope were limited, would it have been practical/possible for Mueller to use the existing grand jury related to the Flynn investigation?

2. It happened within a few months of Mueller taking over. In an investigation, is a grand jury involvement required for even earlier phases, or does a grand jury normally get convened when there are likely indictments pending?

[bankerpup]

YES!! The dam is cracking.

Let’s see what Trump does now.

[denisj]

So will they need to impanel another grand jury if they move into business practices?

[carolson]

Now we’ll see if Kelly really has his vaunted control over the imbecile.

[brooklyndweller]

Release the Kraken!

[ignatius_donnelly]

Popehat (well-informed lawyer type guy) posted a nice overview of the significance of Grand Jury for this investigation:

TwoArticleHat (Popehat)

[radicalcentrist]

Ruh, roh!!!

[dvdf1126]

It is amazing in how much stuff is covered day after day. It is like a feeding frenzy.