JUST IN: US Supreme Court says it will decide whether US House investigators can get access to grand jury material from Mueller's special counsel team; court will hear case during new term in the fall, delaying Congress' potential access to the material.
The House noted that the Constitution says the Senate has the sole power to"try" all impeachments, requires the chief justice to preside, and refers to a"judgment" in cases of impeachment. House lawyers note that even one of Trump's lawyers, Kenneth Starr, said during his Senate trial that"we are not a legislative chamber ... we are in court."
The Judiciary Committee also said the grand jury material remains central to its continuing investigation of the president, and if it reveals new evidence of possible impeachable offenses the committee might recommend new articles of impeachment. But in an election year, with Congress hampered by the pandemic, the possibility of new impeachment proceedings seems at best remote.
For that reason, the Supreme Court's decision in the current case is likely to guide impeachment proceedings against future presidents.Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.
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