July 17 Jacobs-Stamper meeting

The July 17 Jacobs-Stamper meeting took place on July 17, 2017, at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., between U.S. Attorney Lynette Jacobs and former White House Chief of Staff Doug Stamper. During the meeting, Jacobs dropped the murder charges against Stamper from his indictment related to the death of Zoe Barnes in exchange for testimony from him to support the impaneling of a grand jury to investigate U.S. President Claire Underwood and her involvement in the attempts to undermine the 2016 presidential election. The grand jury's impaneling would have ended the Department of Justice's rule against indicting a sitting president.
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