Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman has taken the bench for a hearing on the government's motion to dismiss this case against two defendants.
Will an evidentiary hearing into grand jury wrongdoing go forward anyway?
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“If there is a one-man show, it is the U.S. attorney,” Coleman said. “He decides….that’s why he got the big job. But he’s not here.”
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Coleman: "The pandora's box have been opened. It has been. I don't know if we put it all back in the box, it all goes away. My guess is it doesn't"
The move to dismiss seems aimed at avoiding an evidentiary hearing into alleged prosecutorial misconduct by the U.S. attorney’s office
Could Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman hold it anyways?
Background:
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Coleman: "I realize there are some issues that you all might want to go into...I'm sorry you are here, Ms. MacArthur, because I really respect you. Is Mr. Boutros here? I don't see him here. I didn't think so
This is serious... but he's not here you're here."
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