The federal judge overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury in Washington, D.C., has extended the grand jury’s service for up to another six months, CNN reported Friday.
The grand jury, which has handed down a number of indictments in Mueller’s investigation, was seated by Judge Beryl Howell, the chief judge of the U.S. district court in D.C., in July 2017 and its 18-month term was set to expire soon.
Six months is a standard length of time for federal grand juries to be extended.
This does NOT indicate the Mueller needs another 6 months to wrap up his investigation. Sounds like the grand jury’s term was going to expire by the end of this month, so as stated, a six-month extension would be normal.
To the extent it means anything at all, it means Mueller probably won’t make some grand, sweeping final report within, like, the next week.
Many sources are reporting that this comes as a complete and utter shock to one Rudy Giuliani, and nobody else on the planet.
How in the world did the Pelosi Shutdown NOT free me from this investigation?
–Donald Motherfucker Trump
They only closed non-essential services.
While that’s true as far as it goes, it is still highly suggestive that more indictments are on the way…or at least on the table. You don’t need the grand jury if you don’t want indictments.