Did you have a mock trial program in high school? It’s pretty fun: You’re given a case with a full set of facts and are required to serve either as the side of the prosecution or defense against another team. It’s a good way to kill a semester’s elective requirement, but it is in no way worth paying $2,500 to participate in.
Yet that is the admission fee to get into a newly created fantasy land dubbed America’s Grand Jury. This is mock trial on steroids — or maybe hallucinogenics. Hosted by a motley crew of right-wing weirdos and anti-vaxxers, the event will convene a grand jury that will seek to convict Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, of crimes against humanity.
