Chief justice pauses order requiring Trump administration to turn over Mueller docs to Congress
Chief Justice John Roberts paused an order that would have required the Trump administration to turn over to Congress materials produced in connection with former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Roberts' action comes one day after the Trump administration asked the top court to temporarily halt a March order that the Justice Department hand over Mueller's grand jury materials.Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday paused a lower court order that would have required the Trump administration to turn over to Congress secretive materials produced in connection with former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
a March ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordering the Justice Department to hand over Mueller's grand jury materials. Grand jury materials, which are generally protected from disclosure, can be ordered released by a court in connection with judicial proceedings. House Democrats successfully argued before a panel of the D.C. federal appeals court that an impeachment trial qualifies as judicial proceeding.
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