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StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2019, 12:28 PM Jul 2019

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Judiciary Committee petitions Court for grand jury material

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/nadler-house-panel-to-sue-for-mueller-grand-jury-material/2019/07/26/beb336fc-afab-11e9-9411-a608f9d0c2d3_story.html?utm_term=.143fac3cbeff

And, as I've been explaining, the Committee has the standing to obtain these materials, even though it hasn't launched official impeachment proceedings, because it is conducting hearings "preliminary to" impeachment and, as such, fall within the exceptions set forth in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6E:

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Judiciary Committee petitions Court for grand jury material (Original Post) StarfishSaver Jul 2019 OP

This is great news! sheshe2 Jul 2019 #1

Sorry I missed it mcar Jul 2019 #2

I missed part of it...what I saw was great. sheshe2 Jul 2019 #3

Someone posted a link to the full presser! sheshe2 Jul 2019 #4

We just pulled it up via PBS mcar Jul 2019 #5

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)

1. This is great news!

Reply to StarfishSaver (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 12:45 PM

Jul 2019

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Thanks.

Plus that was a great presser with Nadler and House Judiciary.

mcar

(42,302 posts)

2. Sorry I missed it

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 01:09 PM

Jul 2019

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)

3. I missed part of it...what I saw was great.

Reply to mcar (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 01:27 PM

Jul 2019

They had a pretty long question and answer period where all of them responded, not just Nadler.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)

4. Someone posted a link to the full presser!

Reply to mcar (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 01:36 PM

Jul 2019

Enjoy, mcar.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212320155

mcar

(42,302 posts)

5. We just pulled it up via PBS

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 02:35 PM

Jul 2019

That was really good. Seemed the reporters were a bit flummoxed.

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