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Let’s be clear, the prosecutor does not indict anyone.
A grand jury is a legal body comprised of laypeople that determines whether there is enough evidence to bring criminal charges to trial. A prosecutor presents an accusation and supporting evidence to the grand jury. The grand jury then decides whether or not the prosecutor can proceed with a criminal trial.
A grand jury in the United States is usually composed of 16 to 23 citizens, who are drawn at random from lists of registered voters. The pool of potential grand jurors includes all persons living in the community under the court’s jurisdiction.
There is no judge present in the grand jury room, only the assistant district attorney, the witness, a court stenographer, and the grand jurors. The function of a grand jury is to accuse persons who may be guilty of a crime.
Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury of his peers (consisting 8-16 people). Cumulatively, that’s between 32 and 64 people who have voted to indict. At least two-thirds have to agree. By my math, those numbers equal the majority. Could all those jurors, in four separate venues, all be wrong?
Are all these regular laypeople, who likely come from all political stripes, corrupt?
