Breaking news to report this Friday afternoon after a D.C. district court ruled that the DOJ must hand over redacted Mueller grand jury material to House Dems:
NEW: Federal judge rules House Judiciary Committee can have access to redacted Mueller grand jury material
— Sean Langille (@SeanLangille) October 25, 2019
Here’s the ruling:
DC District Court orders DOJ to open up Mueller grand jury materials, among other records, to the House of Representatives.
Order: https://t.co/AcapkxbSPZ
Opinion: https://t.co/I1d0i5VoEN pic.twitter.com/AW3RPZjoRz— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 25, 2019
This is a “major win for Democrats”:
In major win for Democrats, federal judge orders Justice Deparment to turn over all redacted portions of the Mueller report, grand jury material and exhibits/transcripts to the House Judiciary Committee by Oct. 30 pic.twitter.com/TbD5MoWd64
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 25, 2019
But more importantly, the ruling says the impeachment inquiry does not need a House resolution to be considered valid:
Ruling is also significant bc administration argues such material should not be turned over bc it says House is not conducting a valid impeachment inquiry with no vote to authorize probe.
But judge sides with Ds and said clearly the House is conducting an impeachment inquiry
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 25, 2019
Judge Howell says that no vote is required to make an impeachment inquiry formal: "Even in cases of presidential impeachment, a House resolution has never, in fact, been
required to begin an impeachment inquiry."— Charlie Gile (@CharlieGileNBC) October 25, 2019
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Judge Howell says that disclosing this material protects the impeachment inquiry from injustice. "Impeachment based on anything less than all relevant evidence would compromise the public’s faith in the process."
— Charlie Gile (@CharlieGileNBC) October 25, 2019
And the judge wrote that the “OLC memo that a President can’t be prosecute ‘has never been adopted, sanctioned, or in any way approved by a court'”:
The OLC memo that a President can't be prosecuted "has never been adopted, sanctioned, or in any way
approved by a court." pic.twitter.com/cGszGkfYMv— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 25, 2019
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