of confusion, just trying to figure out a lot of what was going on. these grand jury proceedings are private by design, and just figuring out which witnesses were coming in, we weren t able to confirm everybody ahead of time. so figuring that out, there was a big bit of confusion in the middle of the day with the clerks office, who apparently released and then immediately dummied a document that looked eerily like an indictment of donald trump. it ended up being a very similar, if not the same to what ended up being hinted out by the grand jury. but that was a very striking moment as well. and the presentation to the grand jury ended up taking a lot less time to. we thought this rico case would take about two days, the dea ended up rushing getting it done over one very long day, and i think it goes to show the sensitive nature of this case. a lot of these juries, we ve seen their names, photos, addresses have been put on to the web. fearing that they could be harassed, and i think th
CHICAGO — Tim Mapes was just minutes into his grand jury testimony in Chicago’s federal courthouse two years ago when a prosecutor warned that even though Mapes had been granted immunity, he could still be prosecuted for lying. “You understand you are under oath and you are obligated to tell the truth,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu said near the beginning of the March 31, 2021, .