Thanks, so it is possible indictments could come before or after the report. Once an indictment comes down, must it be acted on or made public immediately or can it be held while further investigation or ‘flipping’ takes place? More importantly, is this following of process getting us to the end goal of arresting criminals or just using the system to obfuscate the crime?
an indictment can be sealed for good cause..sometimes more than one person is indicted they want to arrest all at the same time so they don’t run..
“Once an indictment comes down, must it be acted on or made public immediately”
An indictment is a public record. They can be sealed for a while, if release could hamper or reveal an ongoing investigation.
Indictments, arrests, and execution of search warrants are the visible signs of a professionally conducted investigation. Otherwise they are supposed to keep everything under wraps.
Investigations are supposed to go on their own timelines, regardless of any external considerations (like politics). There is really no telling when they would publicly reveal indictments - it is supposed to be driven solely by when the case the ready to prosecute.
I am sure that the AG is aware of the strategic implications of the election cycle, and the impeachment efforts, and must consider them. We just can’t know what the resulting strategy will be.
I still think that a storm is coming.