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The Grand Switch
After the testimonies, Swindall felt the truth had surfaced. However, because he had just testified in a complex ongoing investigation to a jury with at least one year remaining of its term, he did not anticipate the untimely assembly of a second Grand Jury. Barr and Gillen began convening the second Grand Jury on a daily, rather than the customary once-per-month basis. Why such irregularities? Perhaps (1) the initial jury heard too much in the defense’s favor, and (2) had a jury convened monthly, time constraints would have deprived Barr of an opportunity to announce in a press conference, prior to the upcoming election, he had indicted Swindall for perjury.
Swindall desired to clear his name before Election Day. He requested an immediate trial. The court agreed. However, Gillen proposed a mistrial, citing recent Swindall campaign mailings. These mailings documented that Swindall passed a polygraph test. Therefore, some jurors could have a biased perception. Swindall proposed individual questioning of jurors with replacement of any whom had received the mailing. The court, however, sided with the prosecution and aborted the trial.
Later, the weekend before Election Day, Barr publicly announced he had called for an FBI investigation of Swindall’s campaign mailings, which the public inferred to mean jury tampering. Not surprisingly, Pat Swindall experienced his first defeat at the polls.
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