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Grand jury transcripts have been made available from the Justice Department's case against former FBI Director James Comey, and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted that just 60% of grand jurors in Virginia agreed to indict him — a far cry from the unanimous number they'll need to secure a conviction.

Of the 23 people on the grand jury, just 14 agreed to indict. Twelve were needed to proceed with the case.

The Supreme Court once again punted on a case challenging President Donald Trump's ability to unilaterally defy Congress, in a move that at least for now grants him even more power — and further complicates the prospects of an imminent government shutdown.

The Supreme Court case State Department v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition was decided along partisan lines, with the six justices nominated by Republican presidents voting to block a lower court’s ruling that would have forced the Trump administration to spend all $10.5 billion in foreign aid before the money expired at the end of the month. The three justices appointed by Democratic presidents dissented.

President Donald Trump's hand-picked prosecutors are being tasked with locking up his political opponents in a full-bore retribution spree — but it's off to a shaky start because those prosecutors are "unqualified goobers" who have no idea what they're doing, analyst Liz Dye said in a blistering video for the popular YouTube law analysis channel Legal Eagle.

"The Trump political revenge tour is now in full swing. It's like the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, but with a little more makeup and a whole lot more destruction of the rule of law," Dye began.

Rep. James Comer's (R-KY) spokesperson lambasted Democrats on Friday after they released just six pages of the recently released cache of documents from the estate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Republicans have been largely mum on the matter, with the House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman making only a polite request to the Department of Justice for the investigation documents.

On Friday morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents nabbed Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts, and now it appears he's been lost in custody.

The school is at a loss as to why ICE arrested Roberts, whose parents came to the U.S. from Guyana, The Associated Press reported.

Immigrant rights activists in Florida are expressing alarm as they have found themselves “unable to locate” more than 1,000 detainees who have been “administratively disappeared” from the state’s immigrant internment camp known as ”Alligator Alcatraz.”

Last week, the Miami Herald reported that “the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined” after the paper “obtained the names from two detainee rosters.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) tore into the Department of Homeland Security at a news conference on Friday for posting a lengthy press release blaming Democratic politicians for the shooting in Dallas that appeared to be directed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and killed several detainees in custody.

"DHS is calling on the media, leftist groups, and sanctuary politicians to end their demonizing DHS law enforcement," said the press release. "This hateful rhetoric is inspiring political violence in our country and assaults against our brave DHS law enforcement."

Senior generals and admirals from around the world were summoned to Washington by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is expected to deliver a "short speech." However, there is a concern that it's just the beginning of a mass firing or demotion effort.

The Washington Post reported Friday that concerns and "confusion" were coming from those who noticed two four-star Army commanders appeared to have been demoted.

While concerns remain about mass firings, military leaders found out that a scheduled mass gathering of generals, admirals and other top brass will be, at least in part, to hear Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth deliver a "short speech," according to a new report.

The Washington Post reported on Friday that multiple people familiar with the event said Hegseth will deliver a brief speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos."