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To: alligator
We just had 6 unsealed for Ms. Maxwell.

How are you coming up with 6?

1,627 posted on 07/03/2020 7:05:41 AM PDT by TruthWillWin
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To: TruthWillWin; All; alligator
 

Maxwell has been arrested on;

The sealed indictments are not a count of the # of people to be indicted.  One person can and often do have many charges against them.

And just in case someone does not understand why indictments become sealed…  When someone is suspected of committing a federal crime, prosecutors will go before a grand jury and ask them to bring criminal charges against the suspect.

They do this by presenting witnesses and key evidence to prove their case. When an indictment is issued on someone, it means he will be arrested and charged with the crime. A sealed indictment is simply an indictment that is kept secret from the public.  So, while an indictment may start out sealed, it will become unsealed before the defendant goes to trial.

Prosecutors appear before a grand jury before the individual even knows he's under investigation. A sealed indictment will prevent the suspect from discovering that he's being investigated and fleeing the jurisdiction. The grand jury may also return a sealed indictment to protect the identities of witnesses or to buy time so the police can investigate people complicit in crimes.

If someone is indicted by a grand jury, then the charges typically will include at least one felony crime.

 

1,632 posted on 07/03/2020 7:20:57 AM PDT by alligator (To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.)
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