25 Oct 2019 7:54 pm
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee can have access to redacted grand jury material from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
The judge in the case, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, gave the Justice Department until Oct. 30 to turn over the redacted portions of the grand jury material sought by the committee.
The Trump administration will likely appeal this ruling -- including a request for a stay -- to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
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In a 75-page ruling accompanying the order, Howell slashed through many of the administration's arguments for withholding materials from Congress.
While the Justice Department said it couldn't provide grand jury material under existing law, "DOJ is wrong," she wrote.
And while the White House and its Republican allies argued impeachment is illegitimate without a formal vote, she later added, "A House resolution has never, in fact, been required."
The judge also rejected the Justice Department's argument that impeachment isn't a "judicial proceeding" under the law, for which the information could be disclosed.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federa ... y-material
The judge in the case, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, gave the Justice Department until Oct. 30 to turn over the redacted portions of the grand jury material sought by the committee.
The Trump administration will likely appeal this ruling -- including a request for a stay -- to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
[......]
In a 75-page ruling accompanying the order, Howell slashed through many of the administration's arguments for withholding materials from Congress.
While the Justice Department said it couldn't provide grand jury material under existing law, "DOJ is wrong," she wrote.
And while the White House and its Republican allies argued impeachment is illegitimate without a formal vote, she later added, "A House resolution has never, in fact, been required."
The judge also rejected the Justice Department's argument that impeachment isn't a "judicial proceeding" under the law, for which the information could be disclosed.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federa ... y-material