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The sitting district attorney is the official "custodian" of the GJ records and is authorized to release any information within the law.
Hunter chose to go around what many consider his obligations were by implying that the GJ had failed to return an indictment. But since they actually did, they could not issue a report. Unchallenged, the facts of their actions would have remained in this limbo. But when Charlie Brennan sued to have the information made public, it forced the court to release the true bills (but not the entire indictment).
BTW, I don't know if the GJ members were aware of this, but had they so chosen, they could have gone around Hunter and presented their indictment in court without Hunter's approval.
I certainly don't claim "expert" status, Boodles. But the Colorado statutes are pretty specific. Everything (testimony, evidence, reports, etc.) that is presented to the GJ is supposed to be confidential -- forever. Grand jurors (as well as witnesses) take an oath to that effect when they begin serving. The exception to this veil of secrecy is any "official actions" taken by them. A returned indictment is one such official action, and in the event of failure to return any true bills (the individual charges within the indictment document) they can write a "report" of their findings which is made public. But a report is not mandatory.I know most of you are 'experts' who have studied the details of this case for years. So please bear with me.
1. Are grand jurors sworn to secrecy forever? Who is authorized to release details of the GJ findings? How can it be determined what they concluded?
2. Who/what is the source regarding: 1. cherries & grapes; 2. info that BR was crying? If PW, by what source: book, article, video? Where is it documented or is it just her word?
The sitting district attorney is the official "custodian" of the GJ records and is authorized to release any information within the law.
Hunter chose to go around what many consider his obligations were by implying that the GJ had failed to return an indictment. But since they actually did, they could not issue a report. Unchallenged, the facts of their actions would have remained in this limbo. But when Charlie Brennan sued to have the information made public, it forced the court to release the true bills (but not the entire indictment).
BTW, I don't know if the GJ members were aware of this, but had they so chosen, they could have gone around Hunter and presented their indictment in court without Hunter's approval.