Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments over secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, keeping documents out of congressional hands at least until case is resolved, which is not likely to happen before 2021.
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein faced a grilling from Senate Republicans Wednesday over new revelations regarding the Russia probe’s origins.
Mueller’s 448-page report, issued in April 2019, “stopped short” of reaching conclusions about Trump’s conduct, including whether he obstructed justice, to avoid stepping on the House’sThe committee was able to persuasively argue that it needed access to the underlying grand jury material to make its own determinations about the president’s actions, the court said.
The House had opposed the delay on the grounds that its investigation of Trump was continuing and that time is of the essence because of the approaching election. The current session of the House will end Jan. 3, and lawmakers elected in November will take their seats.
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