Grand jury in Trump classified documents case expected to meet this coming week after hiatus

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I think they are ready to seek some of the indictments.

between the grand jury meeting, it seems rather likely that Mr. Smith's team compiled a rough draft, evaluated what had at least a 95% likelihood of conviction, and fine-tuned it. It's to the point where there will continue to be investigating going on, but the DOJ is in a strong position, and the defendent in a weak one. More, Smith's team is growing stronger at the same rate the defendent's team is melting under pressure.

Has Jack Smith's team finally persuaded them to indict?

There is a time for everything under heaven.

We, sort of. 👍😄

or else considering yet more crimes that were just uncovered. With Trump its hard to keep up.

As the model prosecution memo by Weissman, Vance explains,

"Indeed, the DOJ is likely now, or shortly will be, internally circulating a pros memo of its own saying so. That DOJ memo will, however, be highly confidential, in part because it will contain information derived through the grand jury and attorney work product...given the gravity of the issues here, our memo provides a sense of how prosecutors will assemble and evaluate the considerations that they must assess before making a prosecution decision...."

But realistically, it needs to happen before September 5 to avoid being less than 6 months before the first primary. After that it's happening "during primary season."

This better be the indictment.

There is no "six months" deadline, nor is there a prohibition against DoJ charging and other activities in any period other than that 60 days. That I'm aware of.

If you have a credible link, now would be a good time to post it.

and orders for several MAGA-style jumpsuits

Is the Grand Jury prepared to act? Are the prosecutors ready to seek an indictment?

Something appears to be in the works.

It would be good to keep in mind that this sort of case takes a lot longer than anyone wants, it needs to be air tight (IIRC, if convicted of violating the Espionage Act, he can't be president - much is at stake here), and there can always be superseding indictments.

I am guessing (I am not a lawyer) that Jack Smith wants to ensure a very high probability for a conviction so he won't issue an indictment until he reaches that threshold, whatever that is.

It's possible that the GJ will hear evidence of further crimes that we are not yet aware of, and that will make the case even more air tight.

Or it's possible that they are ready to indict. We just don't know and all we can do is speculate, and all the "legal experts" are doing is the same speculation that we are doing, albeit with more legal experience.

One thing's for sure: this DOJ runs a very tight ship and they don't leak. The recent "leaks"? I believe they are purposeful, and designed to get public sentiment behind upcoming indictments. It's also possible that public leaks are to get witnesses to cooperate and make deals, but that might mean they aren't all that close to indictments, because they'd need to "turn" such people and then present that evidence to the GJ. Maybe that's what they are doing now.

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