Question: Which side of "no more indictments" are sealed indictments on?

[JHB]

We've heard about sealed indictments over these past many months. How do those count with the "no more indictments" statement?

Does it mean that any remaining sealed indictments won't be unsealed?

Or does it mean those indictments are already in the works and can still get unsealed? That there just won't be any more new ones (by the Mueller probe).

Not sure how that works.

[lancelyons]

1. The sealed indictment thing was just a rumor. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Sealed indictments (if there are any) are a done deal. The process would continue.

The fact that Mueller has completed his investigation doesn't mean there will be no more indictments; they will be issued by other prosecutors. I don't think there were any from the OSC (there were rumors only); if there are any on the books they likely would be from other grand juries called by other prosecutors, e.g. SDNY, but I don't know if there are acting grand juries in the other cases yet.

[manor321]

3. There are no sealed indictments

Link to tweet

[triron]

4. Not clear to me that there may be sealed indictments already existing.

Who is the DOJ official anyway? Regardless, there are still ongoing investigations which were like hand off
by Mueller.

[FakeNoose]

5. Robert Mueller will not issue any new indictments

... but other prosecutors will issue new indictments.

This thing is far from over, however Mueller is only going to complete the cases he started. The rest of the cases are being handed off to other prosecutors and that is the SMART MOVE at this point. Robert Mueller is almost 75 years old, and he's planning to retire soon. Give the guy a break, he's spent almost his entire career working for Uncle Sam.

Thank you Robert Mueller for a job well done! You deserve a happy retirement and spending time with your grandkids.

[former9thward]

6. There are no sealed indictments relating to this investigation.

Sealed indictments show up from time to time in every district court. People, with zero evidence, claimed they were from Mueller.

[Iggo]

7. The sealed indictments are part of the indictments that we have. They're already there.

More indictments would be other indictments, new indictments, beyond the ones that are already there.

That doesn't sound too complicated.