> “On that “fundamental misunderstanding” angle, only a fraction of the 35,000 sealed filings are indictments.”
This is a good area to expound on. There is a consensus if not hard findings that the sealed filings include search warrants and criminal charges.
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Further, the past average number of sealed filings/indictments is in the ballpark of ~1000, not ~35,000.
It would be good to get better perspective and clarity on the nature of these sealed filings and whether the filings to indictments inferences or validations as well as the comparison to historical averages are overblown if not misstated. On the other hand, the statements could very well be accurate and if you disagree you should provide more info to explain.
Or I could just take the easy way out and let people believe what they prefer to.
In this inquiry, getting to the "hard numbers" takes substantial grunt work (check records in each case individually) over an appropriate period of time. The breakout between "indictment" v. "not indictment" can't be known until the filing is unsealed.
I haven't done much independent research on the breakout, but I reject out of hand that 100% of sealed filings are indictments. This is based on experience watching a dozen or so cases closely (one being the Scooter Libby case), where a significant number of sealed filings are made during the course of the prosecution.
