Perhaps due to the fact that many people consider Grand Juries are secret, even that they are taking place? Not only for what is being said in such, but also that they are occurring at all. You can betcha Lori and Chad are going to want to know the whereabouts of many people May 17-20. Heck, may not put it past some media folks to hang around the courthouse now and we'll get pictures of some folks entering the courthouse as folks have now been put on notice to get those pictures and information to the Daily Mail? Traditionally, the grand jury secrecy helps prevent identification and importuning grand jurors.
The role of grand juries in Idaho's criminal court system
"....they’re used in criminal cases across the country every day, making the United States one of only two countries in the world, alongside Liberia, to use them to screen criminal indictments....In Idaho, they are made up of 16 people, but only 12 need to agree to secure an indictment......If the jurors are not convinced, the prosecutor cannot bring the case to a preliminary hearing — meaning they’ve effectively lost their chance to prosecute someone on that charge, Schindele said.
Because the proceedings are secret, neither of the men nor their attorneys knew what prosecutors said to jurors in making that case — until they requested a copy of the transcript, which a judge ordered delivered to them. It’s not an unusual move for a defense attorney to make.
“As a member of the public, you can’t obtain a copy of a grand jury transcript,” Schindele said. No judge is present during the proceedings, either. Nor is a bailiff. The only people in the courtroom are the jurors, the prosecutors and the witnesses. In Idaho, prosecutors do, however, have to present “exculpatory evidence” — evidence favorable to the defense’s case..... Evidence presented at a preliminary hearing is, by definition, public. It may appear in media reports and will give defense attorneys a sense of the case prosecutors have. Naso believes that’s another reason prosecutors sometimes choose to present their case to a grand jury in secret.
I.C.R. 6.3. Secrecy and Confidentiality of Grand Jury Proceedings | Supreme Court Idaho Criminal Rule 6.3. Secrecy and Confidentiality of Grand Jury Proceedings
The court may seal the indictment and, while sealed, no person may disclose the finding of the indictment.