Twelve sealed indictments? I don't think that's the right question. It's not how often it's done, it shows there's a massive case and that they're after a lot of individuals. It's confirmation of what's going on.
It only is if this phenomenon is extraordinarily uncommon (as this is an extraordinary case). @Thegreatestname's question was very valid. Do we have information as to how common these are?
One obvious question is how common sealed indictments are. Reilly counted them up and found that roughly 60 of the 188 criminal cases filed this year are currently sealed. One-third means any individual sealed case isn’t that uncommon. On the other hand, including the Papadopoulos and Manafort/Gates documents, this means there were no fewer than six sealed criminal cases filed in a 22-day span, starting with Papadopoulos on October 5 and ending with Manafort/Gates on October 27. That’s more than you’d expect over such a short period from a random distribution — but not much more. Lawyer Gabriel Malor says it seems like a normal amount to him, suggesting that the other sealed indictments might not be Mueller’s handiwork.
Okay, so this Hot Air guy (good name for him) states that the six sealed indictments in 22 days is not uncommon, but this was twelve. But were they from the same source and in what time period were they taken out? That would be the key in determining the answer to your question. I'm not privvy to those stats.
Thanks a lot for this, nice find, and it answers a lot regarding the original question.
If you look at the full-size image, you can see that the report has been generated for the period between 10/28/2017 and 11/4/2017, in other words, a single week. Manafort/Gates is not included in that interval, so we're talking about a total of 12 new ones.
Judging by the case numbers, at least 10 of these 12 must have followed each other in rapid succession (794 through 809). If that is indeed the case, then we're looking at 10 within a short time span (possibly a single day), with a total of 12 over a maximum of 7 days (possibly less). That, compared to 6 indictments in 22 days, might indeed be more than what's normal.
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Thegreatestname ago
How common are sealed indictments?
migratorypatterns ago
Twelve sealed indictments? I don't think that's the right question. It's not how often it's done, it shows there's a massive case and that they're after a lot of individuals. It's confirmation of what's going on.
wecanhelp ago
It only is if this phenomenon is extraordinarily uncommon (as this is an extraordinary case). @Thegreatestname's question was very valid. Do we have information as to how common these are?
migratorypatterns ago
Okay, so this Hot Air guy (good name for him) states that the six sealed indictments in 22 days is not uncommon, but this was twelve. But were they from the same source and in what time period were they taken out? That would be the key in determining the answer to your question. I'm not privvy to those stats.
wecanhelp ago
Thanks a lot for this, nice find, and it answers a lot regarding the original question.
If you look at the full-size image, you can see that the report has been generated for the period between 10/28/2017 and 11/4/2017, in other words, a single week. Manafort/Gates is not included in that interval, so we're talking about a total of 12 new ones.
Judging by the case numbers, at least 10 of these 12 must have followed each other in rapid succession (794 through 809). If that is indeed the case, then we're looking at 10 within a short time span (possibly a single day), with a total of 12 over a maximum of 7 days (possibly less). That, compared to 6 indictments in 22 days, might indeed be more than what's normal.
migratorypatterns ago
Glad it helped.