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Prosecutor? >> right. it doesn't even look like a courtroom. a grand jury room tends to look like a classroom, where there is a witness stand, but the prosecutor runs the show. and the jurors sit classroom style, and are allowed to ask questions often, sometimes directly, sometimes through the prosecutor. it is something that is very much controlled by the prosecution. there is no defense attorney. the witnesses are not allowed to have a defense attorney in the room. and a grand jury does not have to be unanimous to issue an indictment the way a jury has to be unanimous to reach a conviction. ...

Have an indictment your intention is to convict not to flip. they may be an aspiration but it's not the ultimate goal. it's very important to consider that even though this is a speculation aspect of it, one charge today in a separate case does not fore close or preclude the person who is indicted right now from being charged in other future cases, involving other collusion related things or money laundering. we're not talking about a closed universe of conclusion right now. we have to be cautious about speculating if this will be the end for this person. there may be any others. >> for people...

Anderson, we were told plans were prepared friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody, possibly as soon as pond, the sources said. it's unclear what these charges are, the indictment is under seal. as spokesman from the county's office declined to comment on this story. as you know, anderson, mueller was appointed in may to lead the investigation in russia meddling in the 2016 u.s. elections and he was given broad authority. so this was a significant development in the investigation. top lawyers who are helping to lead the mueller firm, the pro we should say, including veteran prosecut...

Prosecutor as they build the blocks of the case. and then, once the prosecutor has enough information that they think is sufficient to allow the grand jury to indict, they present the grand jury indictment -- draft indictment, they say we ask you to return charges as set forth here and the grand jury then votes yea or nay, and if they vote yea, the indictment is perfected, if you will, and the charges are joined. >> paul? >> i was going to say also. the thing you have to remember with the information that we have here now is that it's possible, yes, that pressure is being used through these in...

Of a grand jury. can you just explain how that process works for those who, you know, aren't familiar with the grand jury system? you know, we know the grand jury, i think there's two grand juries going on. how exactly does a grand jury bring about charges? >> well, the grand jury is made up of a group of citizens who are brought in generally for about an 18-month period. the prosecutor only is the person that presents evidence to the grand jury. they meet in the courthouse. and they often meet like once or twice a week. evidence is put forth by the prosecutor. as they build the blocks of the ...