"And she noted that one document did not clearly indicate what the grand jury had decided. "The one that says it's a failure to concur in an indictment, it doesn't say with respect to one count," Vaala said. "It looks like they failed to concur across all three counts, so I'm a little confused as to why I was handed two things with the same case number that are inconsistent.""
"Halligan initially responded that she hadn't seen that version of the indictment. "So I only reviewed the one with the two counts that our office redrafted when we found out about the two - two counts that were true billed, and I signed that one. I did not see the other one. I don't know where that came from," Halligan told the judge."
Two documents with the same case number produced inconsistent indications of grand jury action, and both bore signatures tied to the case. One document appeared to show a failure to concur across all three counts and lacked clarity about which counts were affected. Halligan said she reviewed and signed only a redrafted two-count indictment that her office prepared after two counts were true-billed and denied seeing or preparing the three-count version. A later filing attributed to Gabriel Diaz, acting for James Hayes under Halligan's name, suggested there may not have been a second indictment. The government opposed disclosure of grand jury materials.
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