{"id":160842,"date":"2026-08-18T16:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T00:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/18\/the-most-famous-line-about-grand-juries-came-back-to-bite-its-author\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T00:19:50","slug":"the-most-famous-line-about-grand-juries-came-back-to-bite-its-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/18\/the-most-famous-line-about-grand-juries-came-back-to-bite-its-author\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Famous Line About Grand Juries Came Back To Bite Its Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the chief judge of New York\u2019s highest court (and a onetime rising political star some pegged as a future governor) who gave the American legal lexicon one of its most enduring lines: that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to \u201cindict a ham sandwich\u201d? Not long after, he was arrested by the FBI, pleaded guilty, and went to federal prison himself. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: His quip was immortalized in a Tom Wolfe novel about 1980s New York. What brought him down was a harassment campaign against a former lover.<\/strong><br \/><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-most-famous-line-about-grand-juries-came-back-to-bite-its-author\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Most Famous Line About Grand Juries Came Back To Bite Its Author<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the chief judge of New York\u2019s highest court (and a onetime rising political star some pegged as a future governor) who gave the American legal lexicon one of its most enduring lines: that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to \u201cindict a ham sandwich\u201d? Not long after, he was arrested by the FBI, pleaded guilty, and went to federal prison himself. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: His quip was immortalized in a Tom Wolfe novel about 1980s New York. 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