The case is one of the legal fights at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. An appeal was expected.
ordered the Justice Department on Friday to turn over grand jury materials to the House Judiciary Committee
as part of the panel's impeachment investigation, noting that the materials could contain evidence potentially impeachable conduct. The ruling was significant also because it brushed aside arguments made by the president and his conservative allies that the impeachment probe was illegitimate. Howell, in her ruling, said that the White House's refusal to comply with the impeachment process strengthened Democrats' arguments.
"Congress's need to access grand jury material relevant to potential impeachable conduct by a President is heightened when the Executive Branch willfully obstructs channels for accessing other relevant evidence," she wrote. A spokesperson for Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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