He learned transcripts from the grand jury proceedings, thought to have been destroyed, were stored by the National Archives. But the U.S. Department of Justice appealed , arguing grand jury proceedings are secret and should remain sealed. The investigation has been reopened and closed several times since a grand jury failed to indict anyone in December 1946. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Rules governing grand jury secrecy include exceptions when records may be released. Allowing judges to use inherent authority to go beyond the defined exceptions to grand jury secrecy seems too open-ended, he wrote.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 05:03 UTC