Mary Moriarty

And so when we reach a point where we think we have all the information we're going to get, we will make a decision about whether we have enough information to charge.

If we do charge or if we don't charge, we will be very public and transparent about that decision and why.

Absolutely.

We have jurisdiction here.

I think it's very complex in that, and this is very unusual.

Should we charge, the likelihood is that Ross or the government will try to remove this case to federal court.

But the interesting thing about that is even if that happens, state law applies and our office would still be prosecuting it.

So our office is not removed from the case and state law applies.

And so there are some federal defenses and that's something we're doing intensive research on right now because we want to make sure we understand what the law is and what we would be facing if we did go ahead.

I think the big differences would be we would have a federal judge

and a jury pool would be drawn from all of Minnesota instead of just Hennepin County.