![]() The Manafort/Gates indictment is a fairly standard "kitchen sink" white collar indictment that illustrates the wide array of tools available to federal prosecutors, as well as the power prosecutors have to use an investigation to provoke further federal crimes as leverage against the foolish. The grand jury is more accurately viewed as a tool rather than as a significant limit on prosecutorial power. The grand jury does nothing but vote to agree that there's probable cause to bring these charges. The prosecutor - here the Special Counsel - selects what evidence to present to the grand jury, selects the proposed charges, and drafts and presents the proposed indictment to the grand jury. As I've explained in past lawsplainers, that's not how grand juries work. So the federal grand jury looked at all of the evidence against Manafort and selected these charges against him and Gates? ![]() The indictment is many places online including here. Mueller has secured a substantial indictment against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and his colleague Richard Gates. ![]()
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