Is Mueller About To Blow Up Washington? Rumors Swirl After 34 Cases Are Filed in D.C. Federal Court

Gateway Pundit ^ | 11/10/2017 | Joshua Caplan

[gubamyster]

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election continues to hang over Washington, D.C. like a dark cloud. The investigation, which has already produced two indictments, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and business partner Rick Gates, may very soon engulf even more political figures. A lot of them.

LawNewz.com verified that there are currently 34 cases that have been filed under seal in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia between the dates of October 27th (when Manafort was indicted) and today’s date. While the sealed cases are certainly interesting to note, they may not be tied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation of possible ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. That’s not stopping the rumors:

[Golden Eagle]

So what cases match up to the lawyers on Mueller’s team?

I asked several times and never got an answer. My count is at zero until I see proof otherwise.

[RummyChick]

Read the top of that page

What is the title?

The title is NOT ABOUT SEALED INDICTMENTS. The study is about SEALED CASES

There are sealed indictments.

There are also SEALED matters that are not indictments..

Ergo..why can’t you guys get that sealed does not necessarily mean indictments

Btw, you know it could be sealed search warrant????

[RummyChick]

If someone wants to actually post the names on the cases I will look at Mueller’s staff.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It sounds as though the Russkis, in cahoots with Bobby Mueller, have just about succeeded in bringing down the American government. Good job ***holes!

[laplata]

According to the WH press secretary, there is no “scheduled” meeting. :)

[Andy from Chapel Hill]

I have read the entire report. You need to read past the title. Really.

Here is the section:

“Sealed Criminal Cases

We found 1,077 sealed criminal cases among 66,458 criminal cases filed in 2006 (1.6%). Among
the sealed cases are 241 grand jury matters and warrant-type applications, which most districts
would have given magistrate judge or miscellaneous case numbers instead of criminal case numbers.
There were 13 districts with no sealed 2006 criminal cases; 10 of these districts are small,
with fewer than six authorized judgeships; four of the districts without sealed civil cases also had
no sealed criminal cases. The median percentage of sealed cases among 2006 criminal cases was
0.96% for the 94 district courts.6
The three principal reasons for sealing a criminal case, accounting for 65% of the sealed
criminal cases in this research, are (1) sealing the indictment so as to not tip off the defendant until
the defendant’s apprehension, (2) protecting the identity of a juvenile defendant, and (3) keeping
secret details of a cooperating defendant’s prosecution. Another 21% of the sealed criminal
cases we observed are warrant-type cases that many districts would have given magistrate judge
or miscellaneous case numbers instead of criminal case numbers. We classified the cases according
to the predominant reason for their sealing:
• 284 sealed indictments
• 180 juvenile prosecutions
• 70 misdemeanor drug cases, which often are expunged
• 241 criminal cases sealed because of cooperation or ongoing investigations
• 17 sealed transfers of jurisdiction
• 15 grand jury matters
• 226 warrant-type cases
• 4 criminal cases sealed to protect the victims
• 2 criminal cases sealed to protect trade secrets
• 1 criminal case sealed to protect a high-profile defendant
• 1 sealed criminal contempt case related to attorney discipline
• 1 other sealed criminal case
• 12 criminal cases in which the sealing function was used for cases that are not
really sealed
• 23 cases apparently sealed in error
In addition, there are 20 criminal cases that are regarded as sealed in their courts, but were not
counted as sealed because some information about them is available on PACER. There were 102
criminal cases that were sealed when we first looked at the data but became unsealed by the time
we analyzed the individual courts’ data.

Sealed Indictments

There are 284 sealed indictments filed in 2006 that remained sealed when we analyzed the data.
An indictment is sometimes filed under seal and kept sealed until the defendant appears. The
indictment is kept sealed so as to not tip off the defendant. In some districts, indictments are initially
sealed as a matter of course. Once the defendant has appeared, the indictment can be unsealed.
If the defendant cooperates with the government’s prosecution of others, who may be defendants
in the same case or defendants in cases with other case numbers, then the case may remain sealed because of cooperation. Sometimes an indictment remains sealed after the defendant appears because no one thought to unseal it.
In a multi-defendant case, it is possible to seal the prosecution against one defendant while
the prosecution against another defendant is not sealed. For this project, only cases sealed as to all
defendants were counted as sealed cases. In a few of these, the court kept the case sealed until all
defendants appeared, which presumably would require either the explicit or implicit consent of
those defendants who did appear.
Sometimes the government asks the court to dismiss a sealed indictment against a defendant
who has not yet appeared. Perhaps the government has decided not to prosecute the defendant
after all, or the government has decided to prosecute the defendant with a different indictment or
in a different jurisdiction. In a few cases, the sealed indictment was transferred. It is not clear
whether such indictments should remain sealed permanently.”

[RummyChick]

AGAIN, the study is about SEALED CASES

I repeat SEALED CASES

Do you still not understand after looking at that study that those docket entries could be something other than indictments?

[timestax]

[laplata]

294 other sealed indictments from 10/30 thru 11/9:

https://twitter.com/damartin32/status/928799440827310086

Something is going down...

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I agree.

Thanks, Andy.

[timestax]

[MarMema]

Rumors are fun but — the bottom line is we still live in a banana republic and likely will for many more years.

[Andy from Chapel Hill]

Is there something wrong with you?

The study clearly defines a sealed case as any case where any part of the normally public domain information is sealed by the presiding judge.

The passage I quoted was for criminal cases.

The various sub-sections are detailed that show what specific part of each case caused it to appear in the sealed case PACER search.

READ.

[Nifster]

Still waiting for Tony Podesta to be arrested

[Jonny7797]

He tweeted today that he’s hearing something big is going down tonight.

[gnarledmaw]

Not yet. DC is a big place. There has to be a guaranteed threat to the life and well being of the henchman before they fully turn on their leaders.

[TheNext]

Well, I would certainly indict you for not putting mayo on that ham sandwich.

Seriously, expect the gazillion indicts to be a BIG SESSIONS DUD, like pot offenders. Yawn. Keeps deep state justice in make work jobs.

[Golden Eagle]

The latest on that, you’re probably not hearing, is that the person most responsible for the rumor Tony Podesta had been indicted, being Trump campaign official James Brower, has now stated that Tony Podesta has been given immunity, instead. Most likely for testimony against Manafort, since Manafort was the one who hired Podesta, not the other way around as was originally claimed by many here.

https://thepalmierireport.com/source-immunity-deals-have-been-struck-with-tony-podesta/

https://mobile.twitter.com/jbro_1776/status/926597811063357441?lang=en

[rolling_stone]

magistrate judges handle all types of cases. I am aware mj indicates magistrate judge.

..(2006).We found 1,077 sealed criminal cases among 66,458 criminal cases filed in 2006 (1.6%). Among the sealed cases are 241 grand jury matters and warrant-type applications, which most districts would have given magistrate judge or miscellaneous case numbers instead of criminal case numbers. There were 13 districts with no sealed 2006 criminal cases; 10 of these districts are small, with fewer than six authorized judgeships; four of the districts without sealed civil cases also had no sealed criminal cases.

http://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/sealed-cases.pdf

(4) Sealed Indictment. The magistrate judge to whom an indictment is returned may direct that the indictment be kept secret until the defendant is in custody or has been released pending trial. The clerk must then seal the indictment, and no person may disclose the indictment’s existence except as necessary to issue or execute a warrant or summons.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_6

“Magistrate judges may empanel grand juries when requested by a District Judge.”

http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/LRMagistrateJudgeRules-Final.pdf

the workload in DC seems to unusually high considering how long Grand Juries are empaneled they likely had to reach to Maqgistrate Judges.

[RummyChick]

Again, the poster posted a study on SEALED CASES

Once again, SEALED cases. Read the title.

In that study it discusses CIVIL SEALED CASES AND CRIMINAL SEALED CASES

Within the study is a subsection on INDICTMENTS

ERGO...NOT ALL SEALED CASES ARE INDICTMENTS AND NOT ALL SEALED ****CRIMINAL*** CASE ARE INDICTMENTS

Therefore, those that keep claiming that these cases are indictments that have been filed in DC and VA don’t understand what they are seeing

UNDERSTAND???

[Robert DeLong]

I would have to plead guilty as charged. Mayo on ham, eeewww. 8>) I used to do mustard but I even gave that up preferring just ham, and eating planters peanuts as my side dish. Perhaps I should try spreading peanut butter on the bread.

I am waiting for those Democrat indictments, so the narrative that he is really working for Trump are proven true. 8>) Note: I won't hold my breath though.