Bringing an indictment against a person or organization should be serious business. At the federal level, it is supposed to involve preparing a detailed prosecution memorandum, setting out the facts and law, addressing weaknesses in the case and defenses, and why the case is or is not righteous. Under long-standing DOJ internal rules in the Justice Manual, prosecutors should never seek a grand jury indictment unless they have evidence that would probably be sufficient to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt and to sustain that verdict on appeal—a standard meant to avoid subjecting anyone to a fatally weak criminal...