New Jersey Supreme Court: Virtual Grand Juries Are Constitutional
New Jersey’s high court unanimously found nothing wrong with holding grand jury cases virtually during the Covid-19 pandemic, noting technological safeguards.
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National Defense
A federal court in New York denied a former CIA employee’s motion to dismiss an indictment that charges him with nine counts relating to his alleged transmission of national defense information to WikiLeaks. The man claimed the grand jury was not made up of a proper representation of Black and Hispanic people.
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NYC Prosecutors Now Have Trump’s Tax Records in Hand
Donald Trump’s accountants turned over his tax records, New York City’s top prosecutor said Thursday, only days after the Supreme Court rejected the former president’s latest delay tactic.
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Ex-Epstein Partner Maligns Prosecution in Overnight Flurry of Filings
In a bid to chip away at her six-count criminal indictment, Ghislaine Maxwell lambasted the government’s case on grounds of vagueness and double jeopardy.
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Tabling Impeachment, Dems Drop High Court Fight Over Mueller Records
It had been set to hear the case next month, but the U.S. Supreme Court sidelined arguments Friday on the secret grand jury materials behind former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Speaks Out Against AG
An anonymous grand juror from the Breonna Taylor case issued a rare public statement Tuesday and said the grand jury was given no options other than the three wanton endangerment charges brought against a fired Louisville police officer.
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Grand Jury Recordings Released in Breonna Taylor Case
More than 20 hours of audio recordings of the grand jury proceedings stemming from the shooting death of Breonna Taylor were released to the public on Friday.
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Just One Police Officer Indicted in Breonna Taylor Case, but Not for Her Death
A grand jury presented its findings to a judge Wednesday afternoon about whether the three police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna should face criminal charges.
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Eighth Circuit Rules Grand Juror Can’t Speak Out About Michael Brown Case
A member of the Michael Brown grand jury’s right to free speech does not circumvent the state’s secrecy laws pertaining to such proceedings, the Eighth Circuit ruled Friday.
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Financial Probe Is Far Broader Than Trump Thinks, Prosecutor Vance Hints
President Donald Trump’s legal team has tried to brand a New York grand jury probe as reheated leftovers from the Michael Cohen prosecution, but Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance splashed cold water on that theory Friday.
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Supreme Court to Decide if Mueller Probe Details Will Stay Secret
The government’s fight to conceal grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election has entered its last stage.
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Grand Jury Indicts Three Suspects in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
A Georgia grand jury has formally indicted three men on murder charges in the February death of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man who was killed while jogging in a residential neighborhood, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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High Court Blocks Release of Mueller Grand Jury Records
The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to temporarily block an order for the Trump administration to hand over to House Democrats records from the Mueller probe still hidden behind the grandy jury veil of secrecy.
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House Urges Supreme Court to OK Release of Mueller Records
A House lawyer told the Supreme Court on Monday that the Justice Department blocking the release of Mueller grand jury materials is thwarting the investigation into impeachable offenses by President Donald Trump.
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Feds Ask Supreme Court to Block Release of Mueller Records
The Justice Department on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to shield grand jury materials from the Mueller probe, just four days before Congress was set to get the files.
Read moreSuing Bill Barr
A former assistant U.S. attorney sued Attorney General Will Barr et al. in federal court, claiming they fired her on false allegations that she had a sexual affair with the subject or target of a grand jury investigation.
Read moreFull 11th Circuit Blocks Release of Lynching Records
Weighing grand jury secrecy against the historical significance of unreleased records about a 1946 mob lynching in Georgia, the en banc 11th Circuit ruled Friday that grand jury transcripts from the unsolved Moore’s Ford case cannot be unsealed.
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Grand Juror Fights to Break Silence on Michael Brown Case
A member of the Michael Brown grand jury argued Thursday before the Eighth Circuit that she should be allowed to publicly speak about her experience in the 2014 shooting case that sparked months of protests.
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DC Circuit Orders Release of Mueller Grand Jury Records
Killing an appeal by the Justice Department, the D.C. Circuit opened the door Tuesday for House Democrats to scour special grand jury materials from the Mueller probe.
Read moreSandusky Prosecutor
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court suspended for one year the law license of Frank Fina, who investigated and prosecuted former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The court agreed with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel that Fina had improperly obtained grand jury testimony from Penn State’s then-general counsel Cynthia Baldwin.
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