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October 19, 2005
Location, Location, Location
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n reporting that Patrick Fitzgerald does not plan to have the grand jury issue a final report, the NYTimes says this:By signaling that he had no plans to issue the grand jury's findings in such detail, Mr. Fitzgerald appeared to narrow his options either to indictments or closing his investigation with no public disclosure of his findings, a choice that would set off a political firestorm.Well, as a logical matter those are the two options. But as a practical matter, the second option seems awfully unlikely. If the grand jury will issue no report, and if there are to be no indictments, then there is quite literally nothing for Fitzgerald to say, except to announce a declination of prosecution. Why would the U.S. Attorney from the Northern District of Illinois bother to schedule such an announcement in Washington, DC?
Posted by Eric at October 19, 2005 10:07 AM
Comments
Yeah that's it. He has no indictments, it is just a trip to see the DC sights on the taxpayers' dime
Posted by: j swift at October 19, 2005 2:26 PM