The U. S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear arguments this fall in a case that pits the Trump administration against the House Judiciary Committee…
The U. S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear arguments this fall in a case that pits the Trump administration against the House Judiciary Committee and its efforts to see redacted portions of report on Russian interference prepared by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. The decision is a significant blow to House Democrats‘ efforts to see the material before the November election.
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia had previously ruled that the House Judiciary Committee was entitled to see usually secret grand jury material that was redacted by the Trump Justice department from the Mueller report when it was handed over to the committee.
At the request of the Justice Department, the high court temporarily blocked the lower court order from going into effect. And now the court has agreed to hear the case this fall, with a decision almost certain to come after the election.
The House went to court a year ago to get the grand jury material before the formal beginning of impeachment proceedings. More recently, House lawyer Douglas Letter told the justices that the inquiry did not end with the president’s impeachment by the House and his acquittal by the Senate in February.
