To the contrary - it references "any public court proceeding," not "the public court proceeding" that would occur post-indictment
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@Mimirocah1 @glennkirschner2 - I'd love to hear your take on this.
Allowing this to stand not only flies in the face of the dictionary definition of 'victim' - it ignores the definition included IN THE ACT ITSELF.
It cannot stand.