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After a DC Court issued a decision yest, saying that in order to open GJ testimony lawmakers would have to launch a “judicial proceeding.” House Judiciary began to debate filing articles of Impeachment. This is an IMPORTANT article! #SaturdayMorning politico.com/story/2019/04/…

2-"Republicans on the committee say the only “judicial proceeding” Congress can lead is an impeachment inquiry -- a claim they say is backed up by legal precedent and history. Democrats would have to launch one against Trump if they want Mueller’s grand jury evidence..

3-"That interpretation would be problematic for Democratic leaders in Congress, who have little interest in launching a politically explosive impeachment process at the moment. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said it’s not worth the House’s time and other top

4-"Democrats have said it’s premature while they conduct their own investigations and await the details of Mueller’s findings.But it’s a fight that could animate the next few weeks and months as Democrats attempt to pry loose as much information from Mueller’s probe as they can.

5-"They’re still awaiting access to a redacted version of Mueller’s 400-page report, which Attorney General William Barr has indicated he’ll deliver by mid-April. But Democrats say Congress must see an unredacted version of the report and Mueller’s underlying evidence --

6-"even if Barr has to get a judge to unseal the grand jury material it contains.That effort was complicated Friday by a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that said judges are not permitted to unseal grand jury information at their own discretion but rather must follow

7-"existing court guidelines that limit the disclosure of such material. Those guidelines have been used to share grand jury material with Congress “preliminary to or in connection with a judicial proceeding.”The meaning of that phrase is likely to become a flashpoint in

8-"Congress’ battle over the Mueller report. Complicating the matter further, the 2-1 court decision may not be the final word legally on the issue if the full D.C. Appeals Court or the Supreme Court takes it up. But in the meantime, the Justice Department is hailing the ruling

9-"as a legal victory, a potential indication that it intends to hew closely to the traditional secrecy of grand jury matters..Judiciary Committee Democrats are also pushing back against the notion that impeachment would be a requirement to get Mueller’s grand jury evidence.

10-"Democrats say courts haven’t ruled out other avenues that would count as “judicial proceedings.” ~politico.
This is what stacking the courts will do, cause it to not matter WHO is in power, and create further debate causing unnecessary, obstructionist debate.

11-"To bolster their case, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) has argued that Congress received access to grand jury material amassed by prosecutors in investigations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Ken Starr, the independent counsel who investigated

12-"Clinton, turned over a mountain of grand jury material to Congress, Nadler noted earlier this week..But the fight, at least publicly, has played out entirely within the Judiciary Committee so far. Nadler has pleaded with Barr to petition a court to grant Congress access to

13-"Mueller’s grand jury material. So far, Barr has not responded to this request. A former Republican chairman of the committee, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) said he would happily join Nadler in court if the committee asks a judge to make the material public.

14-"But it’s unclear if other Republicans on the panel agree with Sensenbrenner’s position.Committee Republicans also say Nadler’s comparison to Starr is off base. Starr was operating as an independent counsel under rules that required him to turn over to Congress anything that

15-"could be relevant to an impeachment inquiry. Those rules are no longer in effect, and Mueller was operating as an employee of the Justice Department, which prohibits the disclosure of grand jury material." ~politico

16-GOP are encouraging House to file art of imp bc they think since the Sen won't convict Trump, it'll help them in 2020. HOWEVER, if that's what Dems have to do to obtain the report, then they should consider it, if it says what it likely does, we'll be doing that anyway!