Government,
Criminal
Mar. 29, 2018
10 questions about the grand jury in Mueller probe
Defense attorney David Katz sheds some light on the secretive grand jury process.
David A. Katz
Katz & AssociatesEmail: katznassoc@aol.com
David was a law clerk for U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn in Washington, D.C.; an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles from 1983-90; and a criminal defense attorney in Beverly Hills since then.
Must Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller use a grand jury?
Yes. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: "No person shall be held to answer for a felony unless on the indictment of a Grand Jury." So Mueller must use the grand jury to charge anyone, unless, like Michael Flynn, he agrees both to plead guilty and to waive indictment.
Why have gran...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In