Those are not sealed Indictments. They are sealed court proceedings. Outsiders using the PACER system to count court records can't distinguish an Indictment from any other type of sealed document. You would not only would need inside access, you will need this insider access for each one of the 93 federal court districts. If PACER indicated a particular sealed filing was a sealed indictment that would be giving away too much info. This was explained years ago.
Lots of court cases have documents that are sealed. Misdemeanor drug crimes, cases involving juvenile defendants, cases of a cooperating witness might remain sealed.
There's 5 or 6 sealed items just in this one case.
There's going to be an upcoming hearing in this case where everything is sealed. The transcript and any documents/evidence presented will all be sealed.
Trump judge sets sealed hearing for special counsel's security request in documents case
Indictments are usually unsealed within days.
NYC: Trump was indicted by the Grand Jury on March 30. His lawyers confirmed this the next day. The indictment was unsealed on April 4th
FL: Grand Jury returned an indictment of Trump and Nauta on June 8. Trump confirmed that night. Indictment was unsealed on June 9th.
FL: July 27 a Superseding indictment was filed against Trump, Nauta and De Olivera. Indictment was released that night. If this was sealed, it was only sealed for hours.
DC: Grand Jury returned an indictment on Aug 1st. Indictment was released that night. If this was sealed, it was only sealed for hours.
GA: Grand Jury returned an indictment against 19 individuals on Aug 1st. Indictment was released that night. Since this was televised, we know this was never sealed.
Those are not sealed Indictments. They are sealed court proceedings. Outsiders using the PACER system to count court records can't distinguish an Indictment from any other type of sealed document. You would not only would need inside access, you will need this insider access for each one of the 93 federal court districts. If PACER indicated a particular sealed filing was a sealed indictment that would be giving away too much info. This was explained years ago.
Lots of court cases have documents that are sealed. Misdemeanor drug crimes, cases involving juvenile defendants, cases of a cooperating witness might remain sealed.
See for youself Here's the court Docket for Trump's case in FL. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490070/united-states-v-trump/
Go there and search on the page for sealed.
There's 5 or 6 sealed items just in this one case.
There's going to be an upcoming hearing in this case where everything is sealed. The transcript and any documents/evidence presented will all be sealed.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/politics/cannon-classified-evidence-trump-hearing/index.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/17/trump-documents-case-judge-sets-hearing-on-protective-order.html
Indictments are usually unsealed within days.
NYC: Trump was indicted by the Grand Jury on March 30. His lawyers confirmed this the next day. The indictment was unsealed on April 4th
FL: Grand Jury returned an indictment of Trump and Nauta on June 8. Trump confirmed that night. Indictment was unsealed on June 9th.
FL: July 27 a Superseding indictment was filed against Trump, Nauta and De Olivera. Indictment was released that night. If this was sealed, it was only sealed for hours.
DC: Grand Jury returned an indictment on Aug 1st. Indictment was released that night. If this was sealed, it was only sealed for hours.
GA: Grand Jury returned an indictment against 19 individuals on Aug 1st. Indictment was released that night. Since this was televised, we know this was never sealed.
Interesting. Thank you for the clarification.
you're welcome.