Grand jury subpoenas commonly gather evidence in federal investigations before prosecutors file criminal charges. These subpoenas present broad investigative power available to federal prosecutors. They are used to gather documents, testimony, digital evidence, and…
Are You Indicted or Charged with a Federal Crime? Is the Department of Justice Using You as a Target, or Are You a “Subject” or “Witness” in a Federal Investigation? What Are the Next…
Refusal is not the right word. The Fifth Amendment is. A subpoena commanding grand jury testimony is a court order. Noncompliance, in the ordinary sense of simply declining to appear, is punishable as contempt.…
A target is someone the government has deemed a “putative defendant.” This means that, based on the evidence the government currently has, the government believes that you likely committed the crime for which you…
The Grand Jury Exists to Indict You \n\n Of the 160,000 federal cases presented to grand juries in a recent reporting period, exactly eleven returned a...