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Spooky23 says >"A grand jury sat and apparently found charges to be warranted."<

As New York Judge Sol Wachtler said in 1985, “If a district attorney wanted, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich.”

Explanation at https://abovethelaw.com/2016/02/criminally-yours-indicting-a...

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That actually came from a case called ABSCAM in the 70s and 80s. ABSCAM was a case where the FBI ran a sting (or entrapment depending on your POV) that ensnared and convicted of bribery about 30 people, including a dozen politicians... a half dozen members of the house and a US Senator.

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