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As shareholders gathered at the annual meeting of Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the United States following a 2019 merger, hundreds of unionized employees from across the country walked off the job on Monday to demand investors take action against what the journalists say is corporate greed at the top of the organization.

The journalists, who are represented by the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA), say CEO and chairman Mike Reed has overseen the gutting of local newsrooms across the country at Gannett's more than 300 publications, jeopardizing readers' access to local news and threatening the livelihoods of reporters while Reed collects a multi-million-dollar salary.

Reflecting on a reports that the grand jury empaneled by special counsel Jack Smith will meet again after a month-long quiet period, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade suggested there is always the possibility that Smith used the downtime to gain approval to indict Donald Trump.

Speaking with MSNBC host Ana Cabrera, McQuade was asked what could be going down this week when the grand jury looking into Donald Trump's mishandling of sensitive documents meets after having already heard from a wide array of witnesses.

"Here's one possible theory, just a theory. They last met May 5th, a period of quiet, and are now coming back," she said.

"It could be that after the grand jury has done all its work, heard all the witnesses and testimony, Jack Smith would need time to put together a prosecution memo, submit that to [Attorney General] Merrick Garland and get approval, " she continued.

"Remember he [Garland] can reject a recommendation by the special counsel if he finds it's unwarranted by law or inappropriate under the Justice Department policies," she elaborated. "I imagine that process would have taken a few weeks. It could be that he has now been given the green light and he's ready to go back and present an indictment to the grand jury."

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Legal experts responding to news Donald Trump's legal team Monday morning walked into the U.S. Dept. of Justice agree it likely means Special Counsel Jack Smith is nearing a charging decision, but warn it could also mean the ex-president, under criminal investigation for unlawful handling of classified documents, among other possibly unlawful acts, might be offered a plea deal to avoid serving time in prison.

Trump's attorneys being at DOJ "suggests indictment anytime. This would be the last step, and if neither side offers something worth thinking about, then DOJ would pull the trigger," says former Dept. of Justice official Harry Litman.