The first grand jury proceeding in the Broadview Six case began with a *textbook example* of forbidden prosecutorial vouching. Misconduct from the start. Just incredible stuff.
Grand juror: "Are you actually presenting any new actual facts …?"
Mecklenburg: "Are you going to be able to listen with an open mind?"
Grand juror: "I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit."
Mark Joseph Stern
Jon Seidel
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#BREAKING Transcripts from grand jury proceedings that led to the "Broadview Six" indictment have been made public.
Here is the first, from Oct. 9: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
There are no closing arguments in federal grand juries. You can summarize the evidence, but that's all.
Because, of course, overseeing all of America’s intelligence agencies doesn't merit full-time attention. This is nuts, even if Pulte were qualified. Sadly, he isn't even remotely qualified.
Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...
Vouching for your witnesses is forbidden even in an adversarial trial where there is opposing counsel to counter it and a judge to instruct the jury to disregard it. Vouching in a federal Grand Jury is outrageous. It's hard to imagine an AUSA who doesn't understand that. This is cause to dismiss.
www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/202...
"The People's Lawyer: Lessons From the Thornburgh Era." The contrast between what we experienced and what is happening today is striking and worth noting, I think.
www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/202...
The recent drama between the Attorney General of the United States and the White House has cast a dark shadow on the institutional integrity of the U.S. Department of Justice. This crisis of confidenc
AUSA Sheri Mecklenburg: "I would never ask you to charge somebody if I didn't think there was probable cause … I don't charge people unless I'm absolutely sure."
JUST IN: "The Court authorizes the release of the Grand Jury Transcripts from 10/9/2025, 10/16/2025, and 10/23/2025 …."
Stay tuned.
Mecklenburg continued: "He had to balance it. And this is not testimony now, but I would argue he did a pretty good job of balancing it because nobody got hurt."
Jon Seidel
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DEVELOPING: Read the grand jury transcripts that tanked the controversial 'Broadview 6' case, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Good morning. U.S. District Judge April Perry is on the bench for today's hearing about grand jury transcripts from the "Broadview Six" case.
The case revolved around a September protest and collapsed last month amid revelations of apparent prosecutorial misconduct during the grand jury proceedings.
NEW: U.S. District Judge April Perry has set a 10 a.m. hearing Tuesday "regarding the release of grand jury transcripts" in the "Broadview Six" case.
Jon Seidel
The recent drama between the Attorney General of the United States and the White House has cast a dark shadow on the institutional integrity of the U.S. Department of Justice. This crisis of confidenc
