FACT CHECK · US POLITICS AND THE 2026 MIDTERMS
Claim: A grand jury would indict a ham sandwich
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Mostly true: in 2010 federal grand juries declined just 11 of ~162,000 cases. Yet in 2025 a DC grand jury refused to indict a man who threw a sandwich at an agent.
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- “Ham sandwich”
- “Indict a ham sandwich”
- “Grand jury ham sandwich”
- “Grand juries always indict”
- “Grand jury refused”
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