• Steve
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    About to get another unanimous no-bill from the grand jury.

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        This. They still are making him have a really bad time, and all because Donvict does not want to talk about his obvious failure here.

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      I would note grand juries are required to charge someone with a felony, meaning they did already get atleast (13 of 23?) a majority of the grand jury to agree he did do the crime.

      However, there have already been multiple cases dismissed for incorrect procedure during grand juries under this admin, so it is possible that is the case for why the grand jury would agree to charge in this case.

      Update: I was incorrect, there is generally 30 days from the time of arrest for a grand jury to be convinced to indict. See below

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        No they aren’t. They tried to charge the sandwich guy with a felony and the grand jury refused to do it so they had to downgrade the charge to a misdemeanor.

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        I think they still have to bring the charge to the grand jury.

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          From the article:

          David Hearn, a two-time whitewater racing world champion who competed in the canoe slalom at three Olympic Games, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday in D.C. Superior Court on one felony charge, according to court records.

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          I became more confused upon trying to look it up.

          “A grand jury focuses on preliminary criminal matters only and assesses evidence presented by a prosecutor to determine whether there is “probable cause” to believe an individual committed a crime and should be put on trial. If the grand jury determines there is enough evidence, an indictment will be issued against the individual”

          Source: https://www.uscourts.gov/court-programs/jury-service/types-juries

          That makes it sound to me like they would need to do that rather than charge him, as the right to indictment by grand jury for federal felonies is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.

          https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment5.html

          My issue with assuming he has been indicted by a grand jury though is that in the article is specifically uses “charged” over and over and charges are brought by Attorneys not Grand Juries.

          So maybe just admin doing crime?