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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSupreme Court order ends congressional Dems' attempts to determine if trump lied in Mueller probe.
The House now won't get those grand jury records -- bringing to a close Democrats' pursuit of what witnesses in the Mueller investigation said confidentially under oath about their interactions with Trump and others during the 2016 campaign.
Since 2019, the Judiciary Committee had sought access to records from the Mueller investigation's grand jury proceedings, which were cited in Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. The House had repeatedly said it wanted the records so it could consider whether to impeach Trump for attempting to obstruct the Russia investigation, which Mueller also documented.
But over the past two years, the fight plodded through the court system, with the Justice Department under Trump unsuccessfully arguing to block the release of the grand jury documents. The Supreme Court initially had agreed to hear the case, but then delayed it following Trump's loss of the presidency in November.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/politics/democrats-trump-mueller-supreme-court/index.html
SergeStorms
(18,893 posts)the Orange Carbuncle skirts the law by litigating it to death. That's been his MO since the 70s and he continues to use it to this very day. I see no reason to believe his current troubles will end any differently.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Bettie
(15,998 posts)cover for right wingers.
former9thward
(31,802 posts)And the Biden administration supported it. From the link in the OP:
On Friday, the high court vacated earlier rulings. The Justice Department under President Joe Biden wanted this result, saying the case had become moot. The House didn't oppose the department's move.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,063 posts)I will refrain from saying what's on my mind.
Bettie
(15,998 posts)FFS...apparently, there are no consequences.
sellitman
(11,596 posts)Makes me so mad.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)former9thward
(31,802 posts)From the link in the OP
On Friday, the high court vacated earlier rulings. The Justice Department under President Joe Biden wanted this result, saying the case had become moot. The House didn't oppose the department's move.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Hotler
(11,353 posts)edhopper
(33,205 posts)The unrelated report tomorrow.
Just fuckihg do it!
BSdetect
(8,989 posts)intheflow
(28,407 posts)so hot that it can't be released because it could compromise and endanger us, our allies, our deployed troops, and/or our spies. That's literally the only reason I can think of why Garland's DOJ and Biden would support this decision.
lark
(23,003 posts)They were totally not down with drumpfs destroy democracy today campaign, it was way too crass and obvious. They want the same thing, but want to do it sneakily and overtime so there's not a total rebellion against the money/power class they represent.