A judge today ordered that parts of a special grand jury report be made public on Thursday.
今天,一名法官下令在周四公布特别大陪审团报告的部分内容。
纽约时报 (New York Times)
But it is only this month, with a flurry of subpoenas and target letters, as well as court documents that illuminate some of the closed proceedings of a special grand jury, that the inquiry's sprawling contours have emerged.
A grand jury is a legal body that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may compel the production of documents and may compel the sworn testimony of witnesses to appear before it. A grand jury is separate from the courts, which do not preside over its functioning.