Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller's Grand Jury Secrets.
'In a petition to the court that oversaw the special counsels grand jury investigation, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee say they need the information to weigh potential impeachment articles.
The House Judiciary Committee on Friday said it would ask a federal judge to unseal grand jury secrets related to Robert S. Mueller IIIs investigation and use the court filing to make the most explicit declaration yet that lawmakers are weighing whether to impeach President Trump.
In a significant escalation, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the Democratic chairman of the committee, said at a news conference that the application to the court would declare that the panel needs access to Mr. Muellers grand-jury evidence such as witness testimony to decide whether to recommend articles of impeachment against the president.
Because Department of Justice policies will not allow prosecution of a sitting president, the United States House of Representatives is the only institution of the federal government that can now hold President Trump accountable for these actions, Mr. Nadler quoted the legal filing as telling the judge, Beryl A. Howell, who supervised Mr. Muellers grand jury.
Referring to the part in the Constitution that gives Congress the power to impeach and remove a president, the application continues, he said: To do so, the House must have access to all the relevant facts and consider whether to exercise all its full Article I powers, including a constitutional power of the utmost gravity recommendation of articles of impeachment.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/us/politics/donald-trump-impeachment.html