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."
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.
JUST IN: 111 former federal prosecutors who served in the Northern District of Illinois have issued a statement about Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office, expressing concern about an exodus of talent, grand jury irregularities, collapsed cases and a breach of trust with judges:
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.
There are no closing arguments in federal grand juries. You can summarize the evidence, but that's all.
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.
"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.
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The disconnect between UK policymakers ambitions for Ukraine – or the Strait of Homuz – and the resources available suggests a level of self-deception about the UK's capabilities.
#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...
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
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."
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."
DEVELOPING: Read the grand jury transcripts that tanked the controversial 'Broadview 6' case, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
The case revolved around a September protest and collapsed last month amid revelations of apparent prosecutorial misconduct during the grand jury proceedings.
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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.
