Revealed in hearing this morning: Mueller's grand jury is "continuing robustly"

[fleur-de-lisa]

Charlie Gile @CharlieGileNBC (Associate Producer, NBC News)

Government prosecutors revealed in a hearing this morning that Mueller’s grand jury is “continuing robustly” despite Mueller’s report being submitted to the DOJ. - 11:16 AM - Mar 27, 2019
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It should be noted that there have no signs that the grand jury has met since January 24th.

This was revealed in a motions hearing to unseal more details about the mystery Mueller case. Chief Judge Beryl Howell said that public interest is dependent on the status of the grand jury investigation.

She asked assistant US attorney David Goodhand if the grand jury investigation had concluded. “No,” he said. “I can say it’s continuing robustly.” - 11:37 AM - 27 Mar 2019

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[lunatica]

1. Kick!

[cilla4progress]

2. WTF?

Sounds like major chaos or at least a power struggle!!!!

Maybe M agreed to preliminary report - Barr pressuring him to wrap it up? Inconclusive at this point??

[True Blue American]

26. I said from the beginning Barr was trying to shut the investigation down.

Notice, Rosenstein decided to stay longer?

[manor321]

3. What the hell? The media needs to demand an explanation!

What possible work could they have left? The only purpose of a grand jury is to create indictments.

[triron]

5. Rachel already started asking about this last night. Haven't heard any other pundits though.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. But can we trust Trump's AG not to run further interference?

Before this weekend, I naively thought that Barr was too much of an old guard to put his reputation on the line for someone as unorthodox as Trump.

Sadly, I was mistaken.

[Iliyah]

6. Exactly . . .

Too many Americans acknowledge that without a doubt, t-rump, his family, and cronies are guilty. All this cover up, mind you done badly, is proving the point.

[Volaris]

11. Doesn't an empanelled Grand Jury answer to the Judicial Branch?

If so, Barr and Trumpie can both go fuck themselves with their Total Exoneration bullshit. The GJ will do what it's gonna do, and nobody in the Executive can tell them when they're done.

[uponit7771]

25. +1

[MelissaB]

7. Just a tad bit important!

[lagomorph777]

8. Everything Barr's letter says is a lie.

Mueller is not done; there is no report; and no conclusions have been drawn.

There will be hell to pay.

[uponit7771]

15. +1, I agree with everything but "hell to pay". The reason why Barr did this is there will be no lega

... legal consequences for him.

Red Don wont fire him,

Do you know if he can be impeached?

tia

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. I hadn't heard Fat Donnie called "Red Don" before. I like it!

That was a good movie, BTW.

[uponit7771]

24. lol .. nice ... not a lot of people get the double E with Red Don

[watoos]

9. It's over when Mueller say's it's over.

I haven't heard Mueller say a word. Maybe it was just a preliminary report?

Something certainly is up when Barr refuses to say how long the report was. I mean why can't he say how many pages?

The other tell is that Trump would be gloating more and he certainly wouldn't have changed the narrative to health care if Mueller's report was so good to him.

[Iliyah]

10. That is a distraction for sure. . .

But alas, Democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time. Besides this, attacks on Pres O, and Democrats will ensue viciously. That's all the GOP got - hatred and fear while using the Bible as a crutch.

[KPN]

12. Good points. I'll hang my hat on them for now. It's about all I've got beside Congressional

investigations (that the WH and DOJ will no doubt stonewall) and 2020.

[uponit7771]

14. +1, ... and there's no consequences to Barr bold faced lying to everyone.

[triron]

17. Who would congress make a criminal complaint to anyway?

[uponit7771]

13. More notches on the "Barr Lied" side of the tilt

[northoftheborder]

16. I do NOT understand.

How can the report be Finished/Completed if the Grand Jury is still hearing evidence.????????????

[Ponietz]

18. Fracking Fatruckers!

[safeinOhio]

19. Not one leak from Mueller's investigation.....

YET

and now it's Mueller time.

[AlwaysRandy]

21. Read Robert Mueller's Resume and then sleep tight

Princeton —-Law school — Marine Captain while simultaneously graduating from Army Ranger School ( see Army Ranger Hall of Fame) wounded in Vietnam but extended his term instead of going home (no bone spurs) —— see Gambino Crime Family/ John Gotti —- Manuel Noriega —- Lockerbie Pan Am 103——-I am certain Mr. Mueller has left the investigation, but was so thorough that mines he planted along the way will continue exploding for years after this.
The continual threat of “maybe we should fire Mueller” has been taken off the table by his submission of the report ——-please be patient and watch this unfold

[druidity33]

31. Welcome to DU!

I appreciate your positive outlook! Good to have you! I am a cynic and would not be surprised if nothing comes out of the Mueller investigation beyond the already indicted individuals. It means i won't be disappointed if that were the case. Otoh I would be happily surprised if Individual 1 is somehow held to account.

[DesertRat]

22. k&r

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. So the "investigation" is over...

Meaning what? That Meuller is no longer collecting evidence, but is still presenting evidence to the GJ?

[Honeycombe8]

27. Grand jury? Grand juries hold hearings on indictments.

The indictments are filed by investigators. Grand juries determine whether there is sufficient evidence to go to trial on the indictment charges.

Grand juries don't investigate. All that is done before an indictment is handed to a Grand Jury.

???

[cbdo2007]

29. Yeah something not adding up here...

Maybe there are still indictments that are pending...maybe they are for Jr snd kushner and Trump is trying to get their pardons through behind the scenes.

Just hoping for an awesome outside though I realize that isn't really how things work.

[Honeycombe8]

30. Yes, there are. I think they're sealed. But the GJ doesn't "investigate."

The Grand Jury is composed of ordinary citizens, like any jury. Their task is to ask questions of the indicted person. Not sure if witnesses are presented. I think it's just the indicted person.

Their task is simple. Is the evidence listed in the indictment, along w/the indicted person's testimony, enough evidence so that the case can be tried in court? If yes, the case goes to trial. If not, the indicted person is free from the possibility of being tried.

Saying the GJ is investigating is like saying O J Simson's jurors investigated. They are fact finders, for sure. But not investigators.

[iluvtennis]

28. Rachel Maddow reported on this on her Tuesday 3/26 show

[progressoid]

32. Wait, wut? grand jury is "continuing robustly" but hasn't met since January 24th?

With that definition, I've been "dieting robustly."