WASHINGTON – Justice Department lawyers on Tuesday urged a federal judge to deny a House Judiciary Committee request for grand-jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, arguing that despite legal rulings during the impeachment inquiry into President Richard ...

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WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Thursday denied a news media request to unseal grand jury records cited in special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report, noting an April decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...

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WASHINGTON – The federal appeals court in the District of Columbia on Friday ruled that grand jury testimony and information may be disclosed only to prosecutors, defendants and other grand juries and that judges may not carve out exceptions to ...

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WASHINGTON – A grand jury that worked with special counsel Robert Mueller III in Washington is continuing to work on related matters, including an ongoing investigation of a foreign state-owned mystery company that refused to comply with a Mueller subpoena, ...

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Breathless tweets and breaking-news banners notwithstanding, reports that special counsel Robert Mueller III has empaneled a grand jury in the ongoing investigation of the Trump campaign and potential Russian collusion are entirely unsurprising. This development isn’t a nothing-burger, but it ...

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BUFFALO (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a 44-year-old Buffalo-area man on charges that allege he attempted to support a foreign terrorist group. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced Thursday that the jury returned a two-count indictment ...

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Changes in the New York grand jury system are likely on their way. It is the how that has yet to be seen, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley told a group of more than 50 people gathered Monday at ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Grand Jury – Sexual Abuse in the First Degree   People v. Hoffert KA 14-00714 Appealed from Lewis County Court Background: The people appealed from an order granting the part of defendant’s omnibus motion seeking ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Grand Jury – Right to Testify People v. Hymes KA 10–01590 Appealed from Monroe County Court Background: The defendant was convicted after trial of burglary second degree. On appeal, he contended that he was denied ...

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WASHINGTON — A Missouri grand jury’s decision to spare police officer Darren Wilson from criminal charges is the latest in a long line of police shooting investigations that show the latitude afforded law enforcement in using deadly force. The question ...

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The investigation into the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson has brought a number of questions about the legal process to the forefront. Here are answers to some of those: How does the grand jury ...

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A federal grand jury in Rochester has returned a three-count indictment charging  Jodia Campbell, 32, of Rochester, with sex trafficking of a minor and transporting a minor across state lines to engage her in prostitution. The charges carry a mandatory ...

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