Impeachment inquiry doesn't entitle House committee to grand jury evidence in Mueller report, Trump's DOJ argues
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department told a federal judge that a House committee investigating President Donald Trump is not entitled to grand jury evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, saying it has failed to explain which specific testimony it needs access to or how it would help its investigation into potential obstruction by the president.
The panel subpoenaed the evidence as part of the wide-ranging impeachment investigation of Trump, who calls the inquiry a partisan witch hunt. The Judiciary Committee is focusing on potential obstruction of justice, as described in 10 episodes in the Mueller report. But Attorney General William Barr redacted grand jury evidence from the report and argued against disclosing it under the subpoena.
A ruling by Howell, chief judge for the D.C. district who oversees the grand jury, could resolve a key dispute about the status of the House's investigation of Trump. The Judiciary Committee subpoenaed grand jury evidence to explore Trump’s knowledge of Russian efforts to interfere in the election, the president’s knowledge of potential criminal acts by his campaign or administration, and actions taken by former White House counsel Don McGahn. The Mueller report described episodes when Trump directed McGahn to remove the special counsel, which McGahn ignored.
But Letter said the impeachment investigation's scope is wider than that and covers potential obstruction of justice by the president. The top Republican on the committee, Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, also filed an argument in the case urging the judge to reject the request. Collins said that Congress sometimes deserves access to grand jury evidence but that the Judiciary Committee shouldn't gain access yet, for lack of a full House vote.
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