Was Pence the Mystery person behind the closing of an entire floor at DC Federal court???

[Roland99]

Link to tweet

[sheshe2]

1. Hmmm

[Maru Kitteh]

2. If they have enough backup batteries for his power bank, sure

I don't know who it is - but I CAN'T WAIT to find out.

[Volaris]

15. And now you know why he was so sluggish in the Oval meeting the other day,

It falls to the Chief of Staff to keep his batteries charged.

[JDC]

3. Please be Pence, Please be Pence, Please be Pence....

[Cousin Dupree]

4. Yes, yes, yes......

[leftieNanner]

6. X 1,000,000,000,000

Pence needs to go. He's as dirty as Trump, just more sneaky about it.

[Kablooie]

8. I hope they weren't prepping him for the position of president.

[mucifer]

5. Please please please

[UniteFightBack]

7. You know I thought about that too? It wouldn't of been him there it would of been his lawyer but

who would need to be so secret and he is on that list.

[angrychair]

17. No, it would be him

It’s a grand jury, not a court room.
In a grand jury, the person goes in there and its the empaneled grand jury, the prosecutor and a court recorder and the person being interviewed, that’s it.
No lawyers.
No judges.
No one else.
No exceptions.
They can step out to confer with their lawyers but the lawyer(s) are not allowed in the room.
The grand jury is allowed to ask any questions they want related to the case and as many questions as they want to ask, until they are satisfied they have all the answers they want.
And there is no way for the person being questioned to know what they already know, so lying is incredibly risky.

[euphorb]

9. This means nothing.

It was a hearing in an appellate court. Parties to the case don't appear before an appellate court, only the lawyers for both sides.

[alittlelark]

12. So glad you are here to tell us that !!!!!!!!!!!!

hattip: :

[OliverQ]

14. But it does mean something big.

You don't clear out an entire courtroom floor to have 10 District Court judges all in attendance for a secret grand jury hearing unless you're dealing with a massive national security issue or a very very high profile case.

And 2 of Mueller's top lawyers were spotted returning to Mueller's office 10 minutes after the hearing ended. One was Michael Dreeben, the best criminal lawyer in the country. The other was Zainad Ahmad, a specialist in counter terrorism and middle east cases. She tried 9 or 10 terrorism cases and didn't lose a single one.

Speculation is that this either involves someone high up like Pence, or it involves a major counter terrorism case involving someone like Eric Prince.

[Jarqui]

10. If his meeting with Trump, Schumer and Pelosi was an indication

I think they'd need to provide a good sized cattle prod to get him to respond to questions


Like the rest of the Trump minions, he'll still lie

[Vinca]

11. That was my guess. My husband guessed Ivanka.

[fountainofyouth]

13. Hate to rain on the parade, but

The photo that "Anonymous Fed" posted is from 12/12 -- Wednesday.

[More_Cowbell]

16. Anonymous Fed already tweeted that it turned out to be Pence visiting NASA

Still, people have been speculating that today's case was related to Pence since it first started back in August. It's gone up and down very quickly, and the lone DC Circuit judge who recused himself from the en banc (full court) appeal was the only one who was appointed by Trump.