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House Judiciary Chair Nadler announced they're filing an application in the DC federal district court seeking grand jury material from Mueller's probe. Note the DC Circuit recently issued a decision that narrowed judges' authority to unseal grand jury info
Now, this DC Circuit case isn't totally on point — it involves a request for "historically significant" materials going back to the 1950s — but the notion that the bar is exceptionally high for courts to approve disclosure of grand jury material is relevant
(On July 22, the DC Circuit rejected a request to reconsider this grand jury unsealing case en banc)
Here's the rule that lists the circumstances when a court can consider authorizing disclosure of grand jury materials — it's pretty narrow, and the DC Circuit's opinion holds that courts have no authority outside of this rule to disclose GJ info 
Here's the House Judiciary Committee's application (it is not a lawsuit) to the DC federal court seeking Mueller grand jury materials: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6219… They argue they fall under the disclosure exception for a "judicial proceeding" because they are probing impeachment
Re: the recent DC Circuit case that limited judges' authority to release grand jury info, the committee cites a footnote in which the majority appears to agree that a Nixon-era decision releasing grand jury info to House Judiciary fell under the "judicial proceeding" exception
From @addysue: House Democrats Have Already Started An Impeachment Inquiry Whether They Want To Admit It Or Not
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If there was any doubt at this point that Dems are seriously considering potential impeachment of Trump, today's court filing makes it clear that they are — it's a key part of their argument that they're entitled to the Mueller grand jury materials buzzfeednews.com/article/addyba…
