The Justice Department has formally asked the Supreme Court to block a lower court order to turn over secret grand jury material from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation to a House committee.
A lower federal court in March had ruled the material could be given to the House Judiciary Committee. The justices last month temporarily stayed that congressional Democrats’ request in order to give the Justice Department time to file its appeal.
Mueller’s report showed that there was insufficient evidence to demonstrate that Trump’s 2016 campaign illegally worked with Russia. A subsequent DOJ Inspector General investigation showed that the FBI made several significant omissions and inaccurate statements in order to obtain a warrant to conduct surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in the early stages of the Russia probe.
The DOJ is conducting a separate internal review of the Russia investigation origins led by Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham.
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