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Justice Department Requests an Indictment, Grand Jury Returns the Form Unapproved
· New York time
A grand jury declined the Justice Department's request to indict former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Prosecutors had sought charges concerning her account of President Trump's conduct that day. The decision leaves the requested indictment unissued. Grand jury proceedings are secret, so the public does not get a detailed transcript of the deliberations with the result. The prosecution brought a request to a body empowered to consider it, and that body declined. Even in Washington, an official request does not come with its own approval stamp.
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