Petition formally announcing in DC federal court the impeachment inquiry:

[elleng]

https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/FINAL%20PETITION.pdf?

[Botany]

1. Hello

Pursuant to Local Rule 57.6, the United States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary (the Committee), through undersigned counsel, respectfully requests that this Court issue an order pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) authorizing the release to the Committee of: (1) all portions of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Report on the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election (the Mueller Report) that were redacted pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e); (2) any underlying transcripts or exhibits referenced in the portions of the Mueller Report that were redacted pursuant to Rule 6(e); and (3) transcripts of any underlying grand jury testimony and any grand jury exhibits that relate directly to (A) President Trump’s knowledge of efforts by Russia to interfere in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election; (B) President Trump’s knowledge of any direct or indirect links or contacts between individuals associated with his Presidential campaign and Russia, including with respect to Russia’s election interference efforts; (C) President Trump’s knowledge of any potential criminal acts by him or any members of his administration, his campaign, his personal associates, or anyone associated with his administration or campaign; or (D) actions taken by former WhiteHouse Counsel Donald F. McGahn II during the campaign, the transition, or McGahn’s period of service as White House Counsel.

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[elleng]

2. Thanks, Botany!

[Botany]

3. I might be wrong but isn't this Nadler trying to open the redacted sections of the Mueller report?

And not only does that bring in Don McGahn but it will expose wikileaks and Trump/Russia's use of
that "cut out" aka wikileaks to rat fuck our elections?

[elleng]

4. I think so.

[Botany]

5. God is he loathsome ..... hang him with his own words.

[woodsprite]

10. But w/ reinstating the death penalty, the UK won't extradite Assange to the US.

So don't expect to get much new info on the the part that WikiLeaks played in this takeover.

[FBaggins]

12. Some of them, yes

Specifically the grand jury material.

And not only does that bring in Don McGahn but it will expose wikileaks and Trump/Russia's use of
that "cut out" aka wikileaks to rat fuck our elections?

Depends on whether or not any of that was presented to the grand jury.

[4139]

6. The key passages of what they want unredacted....

These redacted passages include descriptions of:
 Events surrounding the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting, Mueller Report Vol. I at 111-12, 117, 120;
 An apparent assessment of whether former Trump Campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told other members of the Campaign about Russia having obtained “dirt” on Secretary Clinton, id. Vol. I at 93-94;
 Former Trump Campaign adviser Carter Page’s July 2016 trip to Moscow in which he met with various Russian officials, id. Vol. I at 101;
 Manafort’s sharing of internal Campaign polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, an individual assessed by the FBI to have ties to Russian intelligence, and Manafort’s discussion of a Russia-Ukraine “peace plan” with Kilimnik, id. Vol. I at 136-37, 140, 143; and
 A meeting in the Seychelles in January 2017, between Kirill Dmitriev, the director of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and Erik Prince, a supporter of the Trump Campaign, in which the two discussed U.S.-Russia relations, id. Vol. I at 153-55.
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I only skimmed the document, there may be more

[Botany]

7. And look @ one thing they are citing for case law.

In re App. to Unseal Dockets Related to the Independent Counsel’s 1998 Investigation of President Clinton,
308 F. Supp. 3d 315 (D.D.C. 2018) (Independent Counsel Dockets)

[elleng]

9. 308 F.Supp.3d 314 (2018) IN RE Application to UNSEAL DOCKETS RELATED

IN RE Application to UNSEAL DOCKETS RELATED TO the INDEPENDENT COUNSEL'S 1998 INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT CLINTON.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed April 16, 2018.

MEMORANDUM OPINION
BERYL A. HOWELL, Chief Judge.

Pending before the Court is a request from petitioner Cable News Network, Inc. ("CNN&quot and its journalist Katelyn Polantz to unseal eleven Miscellaneous dockets associated with the 1998 investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr >>>

https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20180416b97

[elleng]

8. Good work.

Thanks

[lagomorph777]

11. Dang! Thanks for sharing!

The "I" word is in there dozens of times. This is not a drill.

[dalton99a]

14. +1. There are 85 instances of "impeach" in the document.

[AlexSFCA]

13. brilliant strategy by Pelosi, initiate impeachment while not calling it that

truly trumpian like. It is both politically savvy and responsible.

[elleng]

15. Watch colloquy on MSNBC @ 9:10 if you can.