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human
ELI5: How is a Grand Jury able to indict someone other than the defendant to whom they're assigned? (Planned Parenthood lawsuit)

As I understood it previously, the role of the grand jury is to determine if something is worth bringing to trial by jury. Having tried to read up on it a bit, its role, as I understand it is to:
1) determine that a crime was committed
2) determined that there is enough evidence against the defendant that a full trial is warranted and it should be explored to the level of 'beyond a reasonable doubt'

But the key words in item 2 are *against the defendant*. I could understand if it was a recommendation, but I'm curious what it is that legally empowered it to actually indict the producers of the video, who weren't actually on trial.
gpt
In many states, a grand jury has considerable powers. They aren't just a tool for the prosecutor to get an indictment, they are tools of the state for the purposes of justice. Sometimes, justice means indicting someone other than who the prosecutor wants you to indict.