Following the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, Washington Post investigative reporter Carol Leonnig flagged a curious anomaly about the grand jury process that was used by President Donald Trump's chosen prosecutor to secure the charge.
"A few minutes ago, we confirmed that she was indicted by a grand jury in Alexandria on at least one count of bank fraud, Nicole," said Leonnig. "And the return was rather speedy. Four o'clock was when the grand jury was supposed to come back out and present their information to [acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey] Halligan. There was a four person in, in the courtroom, along with Halligan, and they released their decision."
"I will tell you, there's one other really interesting element to this that I'm hearing from sources, which is that this grand jury made its decision and listened to the presentation on its very first day in the box," she continued. "In other words, grand juries sit sometimes for weeks and weeks. This grand jury was impaneled today, and this was their first case and their first decision."
Already, the indictment process, which follows months of politically-charged attacks by Trump on James, has been panned by legal experts as lacking any apparent merit.
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