On 2017-05-10 3:04 PM, Moderate wrote:
> "John B." <
john...@gmail.com> Wrote in message:
>>> On 2017-05-10 12:10 PM, Welcome to Trumpton wrote:
>>>> Moderate wrote:
> .
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course you do. It doesn't align with your preconceived
>>>>> conspiracy theory.
>>>>>
>>>>> That doesn't detract from CNN'S reporting of subpoenas to the
>>>>> Grand Jury.
>>
>> Can't you read? "The case" has not gone to a grand jury. The FBI has issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of Michael Flynn as part of their
>> investigation, which is still underway.
>>
>>
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/grand-jury-fbi-russia/index.html
>>
>
> How does one issue a grand jury subpoena to before a grand jury is
> assembled? They send a subpoena and tell the witness they must
> appear at some unknown date?
>
> Don't be so dense.
>
>
'At the same time, the grand jury has an important investigative
function, as it has the authority to subpoena documents and witnesses.
In any complex or long-term criminal investigation, therefore, federal
prosecutors will go to the grand jury to compel the production of
documents or records, or if they want to force witnesses to testify
under oath, which a grand jury subpoena requires unless the witness has
a valid privilege not to testify. Grand jury investigations can last for
months or even years, as prosecutors chase down evidentiary leads and
amass the documentary and testimonial evidence.'
<
https://www.justsecurity.org/40790/significance-grand-jury-subpoenas-flynn-investigation/>
'In this regard, it is unexceptional that the prosecutors would seek
documents pertaining to Flynn’s activities before he became National
Security Advisor. Assuming the Justice Department continues to be
committed to a thorough investigation of all allegations of wrongdoing
by Flynn and other Trump administration officials, now put into question
by FBI Director James Comey’s firing, it is likely that the grand jury
will continue to seek documentary and testimonial evidence to fill out
the whole evidentiary picture. At this point, though, all that can be
said is that the subpoenas indicate that the investigation is not going
to go away anytime soon, and is serious, but not necessarily where it
will lead or how it will end.'