The Trump prosecutors have a grand jury problem. Where are the defense attorneys?
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Former President Trump's legal challenges continue to grow. His legal rights are laid out in the Constitution. Where are his defense attorneys when he needs them?
Mark Levin is host of FOX News Channel's (FNC) Life, Liberty & Levin (Sundays, 10-11 PM/ET). He joined the network in November 2017.
The protection afforded by a fair grand jury proceeding dates back many centuries to the Magna Carta and was prominently implemented by British and American courts applying Blackstone's legal doctrines. The notion that any grand jury would indict a ham sandwich refers to the usual adoption by grand juries of evidence presented by a prosecutor. It should not eradicate a right that was deemed important enough to be included in the Bill of Rights. The public and the courts must realize that these are accusations crafted and made by the individual prosecutors and not the result of deliberations and subsequent decisions by a group of ordinary citizens.
Since the Florida grand jurors did not hear the testimony presented to the D.C. grand jury, exactly what did they hear or see to charge the former president and the other defendants? Was the D.C. testimony read to them? What were they instructed about the D.C. testimony? Were they asked whether they had any questions for the witnesses who testified? Were they instructed on the need to find probable cause as to each of the defendants? Were they instructed on the law?
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