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Grand Juries in San Diego, L. A.; Summer of Scandal Heating Up?

The San Bernardino Sun has done a great job staying on top of the Jerry Lewis probe, breaking many of the stories about which Southern California towns have been subpoenaed by investigators.

The paper provided us with a copy of the only grand jury subpoena known to be released to the public from the Lewis probe — from a US Attorney in Los Angeles to the City of Twentynine Palms. Read it here.

A grand jury subpoena doesn’t tell us that the feds are moving forward on a specific target yet, or even that they know what charges they wish to pursue. It only confirms that prosecutors are looking for evidence that could be used to obtain one or more indictments in the future.

In San Diego, however, a grand jury appears to be examining evidence collected by prosecutors in support of an indictment for Brent Wilkes (according to my colleague’s expert analysis). Is the summer of scandal about to heat up?

Brent Wilkes, Duke Cunningham, Jerry Lewis

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