Posted on 04/24/2020 2:52:16 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Department of Justice will appeal to the Supreme Court after it was ordered to hand over sealed documents from former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation to Congress.
The department on Friday asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay its ruling while it petitions the high court.
"Whether and under what circumstances Congress may resort to the courts to seek grand jury materials generated in a criminal investigation in aid of an impeachment inquiry is plainly a question of great significance to all three branches of government, as well as to the functioning of the grand jury system in high-profile, politically-charged matters," the Justice Department wrote.
The move comes after a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel ruled 2-1 that the Trump administration would have to hand over to Congress grand jury materials from Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
"The Department has objected to disclosure of the redacted grand jury materials, but the Department has no interest in objecting to the release of these materials outside of the general purposes and policies of grand jury secrecy, which as discussed, do not outweigh the Committee’s compelling need for disclosure," Judge Judith Rogers wrote in a majority opinion.
"Special Counsel Mueller prepared his Report with the expectation that Congress would review it," Rogers added.
On Friday, the Justice Department said that the decision allows "Congress to seek, on an assertion of relevance, grand jury materials without meeting the standards ordinarily required of other litigants, with concomitant potential for harassment of the Executive Branch."
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(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Then he’s a moron ... but we already knew that. The Special Counsel regulations in the DOJ are explicitly clear that the Special Counsel only reports to the U.S. Attorney General — not Congress.
Judge Thomas Griffith, appointed by George W. Bush, concurred with Rogers, a Clinton appointee. The dissenter, Judge Neomi Rao, was appointed by President Trump.
The Justus system of this country is becoming a joke
“Democrats will shred the Constitution to get to Trump.”
They already have. But apparently no one cares.
Congress’ “compelling need” to shred grand jury secrecy is the hope that they can find something in the material to use to embarrass Donald Trump.
Neomi Rao
What a great name!!
Other things going for her:
- Graduate Univ. Chicago Law School (undergrad Yale, oh well)
- Clerked w/ Justice Thomas
- Taught at George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School
- Served Trump as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neomi_Rao
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Apparently the DemonRats will shred the constitution for any number of reasons, especially Mr. Trump.
becoming?
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