As I’ve been stating since 2021 when I started this blog, it is an objective statement of fact that a “good” prosecutor can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. The term was coined by a Judge in 1985. My case proves that correct, but the current indictment against Comey is a concrete example of this fact.
The problem with grand juries is that the process is flawed. It’s supposed to be made up of skeptical members of the society (your peers). But it is often made up of partisan hacks, highly sympathetic and deferential to the prosecutor as a trustworthy person who wouldn’t lie to them. Unfortunately, many prosecutors (like Keith A. Becker) are not trustworthy people.
As one former prosecutor put it; “I became a prosecutor because I don’t like bullies. I stopped being a prosecutor because I don’t like bullies.” – I concur…