Indictment week: Jack Smith’s grand jury against Donald Trump returns

| 11:24 pm EDT June 3, 2023
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All of the news surfacing from Jack Smith’s Donald Trump classified documents probe that’s surfaced lately has been weeks or months old. There’s been a reason for that: the grand jury in the case hasn’t met in weeks. It’s led to the logical conclusion that the case is all bit over, with nothing left but the indictment.

Now the grand jury is being called back into session this week, according to The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell. No details are being provided about what the grand jury is specifically being called back for, but it’s not difficult to parse. The case appears to have wrapped a couple weeks ago, Smith has spent the past two weeks finishing up all the necessary behind the scenes pre-indictment maneuvering, and now Smith is bringing back the grand jury in order to bring the indictment.

This means we’re on indictment watch this week. Because no one knows for certain what Jack Smith’s timetable is, there’s no guarantee an indictment will come in any given timeframe. But it sure feels like this is indictment week. All signs now point to it, including the return of the grand jury. Get your popcorn ready.