The federal grand jury handing down indictments for special counsel Robert Mueller[1] doesn’t appear to include any supporters of President Donald Trump[2], according to one witness who recently testified before the panel.
“The grand jury room looks like a Bernie Sanders[3] rally,” my source said. “Maybe they found these jurors in central casting, or at a Black Lives Matter[4] rally in Berkeley [Calif.]”
Of the 20 jurors, 11 are African-Americans and two were wearing “peace T-shirts,” the witness said. “There was only one white male in the room, and he was a prosecutor.” Mueller was not present.
The Washington, DC, grand jury, which meets only on Fridays, handed down its first indictments in October, charging Paul Manafort[5], Trump’s former campaign chairman, and his partner Rick Gates with money laundering and failing to register as foreign agents. The two are pleading not guilty.
Mueller’s team is expected to bring more charges against Manafort relating to his work on behalf of the Ukrainian government in the years before Trump became a candidate.
Sol Wachtler, the former chief judge in New York, once called for abolishing grand juries because they are so easily manipulated that they would “indict a ham sandwich.”
My source said, “That room isn’t a room where POTUS gets a fair shake.”
References
- ^ Robert Mueller (nypost.com)
- ^ President Donald Trump (pagesix.com)
- ^ Bernie Sanders (pagesix.com)
- ^ Black Lives Matter (pagesix.com)
- ^ Paul Manafort (nypost.com)