Why would an ongoing Grand Jury meet for "a little more than an hour"? Is that common?

[pnwmom]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/mueller-grand-jury-spotted-court-friday-two-weeks-concluded-investigation-report/

Two weeks after special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his investigation into President Donald Trump and delivered his findings to Attorney General Bill Barr, his grand jury was spotted in a Washington, DC courthouse.

CNN justice reporter Katelyn Polantz noted the grand jury while covering a different court case.

Link to tweet

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This is interesting in light of Mueller's prosecutor recently telling the judge that the Grand Jury's investigation into the "mystery foreign company" was "continuing robustly" -- and that that was a reason for withholding information from the press about its deliberations.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/27/mueller-grand-jury-1238861

[BigmanPigman]

1. Someone brought this up earlier.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211988834

During Watergate the grand jury met to release the report to the public.

[canetoad]

2. I think Politico got it wrong

And the quote about 'continuing robustly' referred to the Grand Jury itself, not the (ongoing) investigation into the 'mystery foreign company'.

I'd like to think the Grand Jury are 'robustly' preparing their report and evidence to take to the house, because they too, like a previous Grand Jury, were disgusted and alarmed by what they have learned.

[pnwmom]

3. That's not how I read it -- and Politico wasn't the only outlet reporting this.

The hearing was because the Reporter's Committee wanted some information on Mueller's foreign mystery company made available, and the prosecutor responded that that investigation was continuing robustly -- so the judge decided to keep the identity of the foreign company under wraps.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/27/mueller-grand-jury-1238861

The special counsel grand jury that investigated Russian collusion into the 2016 presidential election is “continuing robustly” despite the end of Robert Mueller’s probe, a federal prosecutor said in court Wednesday.

The revelation — while laced with uncertainty — indicates that the ongoing cases Mueller handed off after concluding his probe could still feature significant developments, legal experts said.

SNIP

[canetoad]

4. I might be splitting hairs here

This sentence, 'The special counsel grand jury that investigated Russian collusion into the 2016 presidential election is “continuing robustly” despite the end of Robert Mueller’s probe, a federal prosecutor said in court Wednesday.' is exactly what I mean!

This is subtly different to the other quote, 'This is interesting in light of Mueller's prosecutor recently telling the judge that the Grand Jury's investigation into the "mystery foreign company" was "continuing robustly" --

Small point, and probably I'm mostly hopeful that the activities of the Grand Jury are continuing 'robustly' in other matters, as well as the mystery company.

[pnwmom]

5. I understand what you're saying -- that Grand Juries can hear more than one case.

However, the Reporter's Committee lawsuit was specifically about the Mueller mystery foreign company. So that's what the judge was addressing in this instance.

On the other hand, that doesn't mean there couldn't be other Mueller matters that this grand jury is also continuing to address. Both the Flynn and Gates sentencing delays were because of their continuing help in unnamed investigations, and we have no idea what Grand juries might be involved.

I saw an article in the WA Post yesterday that said there might be as many as 12 ongoing investigations that started with Mueller!