BREAKING: The Supreme Court denies Congress access to secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation through the November election.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in Washington. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is denying Congress access to secret grand jury testimony fromThe justices agreed on Thursday to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court order for the material to be turned over to. The high court’s action will keep the documents out of congressional hands at least until the case is resolved, which is not likely to happen before 2021.
would object to turning over the Mueller documents or House Republicans would continue to press for them. The committee was able to persuasively argue that it needed access to the underlying grand jury material to make its own determinations about the president’s actions, the court said. The Justice Department said in its Supreme Court filings that the court’s action was needed in part because the House hasn’t given any indication it “urgently needs these materials for any ongoing impeachment investigation.”
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