Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop release of Mueller material

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Source: Washington Post

Courts & Law

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop release of Mueller material

By Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes
May 7, 2020 at 1:12 p.m. EDT

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a ruling that requires the Justice Department to give Congress certain secret grand jury material from the investigation conducted by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in March cleared the way for Congress to access secret evidence from Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in one of a set of separation-of-powers lawsuits between House Democrats and the Trump administration.

Justice Department must disclose secret Mueller grand jury evidence to Congress, appeals court finds (1)

Solicitor General Noel Francisco told the Supreme Court on Thursday that if it does not put the order on hold, "the government will have to disclose those materials on May 11, 2020, which would irrevocably lift their secrecy and possibly frustrate the government's ability to seek further review."

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Ann Marimow
Ann Marimow covers legal affairs for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2005 and has covered state government and politics in California, New Hampshire and Maryland. Follow https://twitter.com/amarimow

Robert Barnes
Robert Barnes has been a Washington Post reporter and editor since 1987. He joined The Post to cover Maryland politics, and he has served in various editing positions, including metropolitan editor and national political editor. He has covered the Supreme Court since November 2006. Follow https://twitter.com/scotusreporter

(1) https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/justice-department-must-disclose-secret-mueller-grand-jury-evidence-to-congress/2020/03/10/db60e338-3c66-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-stop-release-of-mueller-material/2020/05/07/c6d85df6-9080-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html

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NEW: DOJ asks #SCOTUS to halt disclosure of secret Mueller grand jury evidence to Congress (19A1035)

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BREAKING: Trump admin asks Supreme Court to stop release of secret grand jury testimony in Mueller investigation.

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Department of Justice has asked #SCOTUS to block release of secret Mueller grand-jury materials to House of Representatives.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to shield secret Mueller grand jury materials

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496609-trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-to-shield-secret-mueller-grand-jury

BY JOHN KRUZEL - 05/07/20 01:12 PM EDT

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to shield redacted grand jury materials related to former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe from the House.

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NEW: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop release of secret Mueller material to House Democrats.

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Hat tip to Joe.My.God. for the link to the WaPo article.

https://www.joemygod.com/2020/05/trump-asks-scotus-to-block-release-of-mueller-docs/

[Botany]

1. It will show that Trump was installed by Russia and that the Trump Campaign worked with Russia*.

If the testimony was exculpatory then Trump and Barr would have released it along time ago.


* TRUMP’S RUSSIA COVER-UP BY THE NUMBERS – 272 CONTACTS WITH RUSSIA-LINKED OPERATIVES

https://themoscowproject.org/explainers/trumps-russia-cover-up-by-the-numbers-70-contacts-with-russia-linked-operatives/

[BComplex]

4. This is so important to get out into the social media: If the testimony said trump didn't get put in

office by russia, he'd be struttin' that testimony all over the country.

[Botany]

6. You want proof that Russia meddled in the elections?

Example #1 We have a President Trump. And I might be wrong but I think Russia screwed with
the primaries too.

It kills me every time I hear will Trump be reelected? I want to scream he wasn't elected in the
1st place.

[BComplex]

7. Me too! When I hear the newscasters talking about him getting elected, my husband has to listen

to me screaming "He wasn't ever elected!!! You, yourself, told us how russia successfully interfered through propaganda, and then hacked the Florida election computers!!"

This president is as illegitimate as George Bush ever was! (Which he was BOTH times, since Karl Rove had his operatives hack the central tabulators in so many states, AND they proved it!).

[Botany]

8. Vlad spent all that time getting into the hardware and software of the operating systems of the ...

... electronic voting machines and the central tabulators but he was "just looking around?"
Vlad was in all 50 states.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/russian-breach-of-39-states-threatens-future-u-s-elections


Trump all but admitted that the electronic voting machines give him the White House and
that Russia helped but he backtracked those statements PDQ. You can see the fear in his
voice when he talks about voting by mail because that can't be rigged.

[BComplex]

14. In one of Obama's books I read before the 2008 election, he said all that stuff about black box

voting was not true. I knew he'd finally see what the truth was when he was in office. Our elections have been compromised since Bush v. Gore.

THIS was one thing that Amy Klobuchar was totally on top of, and one reason I was torn between her and Elizabeth Warren for a while....and I've wanted Elizabeth Warren to be president since before she was a senator...that's how much the black box voting problem means to me.

[C Moon]

13. Oh shite! I didn't even think about the primaries. Wow! That would piss off some Republicans.

[duforsure]

2. We have the right to see it,

After all we paid for it.

[machoneman]

3. Cui bono? Who benefits? Trump of course.

Guilty on all counts. Lock him up!

[Igel]

16. Dangerous principle to utter.

(R): "Okay, Biden, let's see those Senate papers in the UD archives."

Biden: "No, they're being archived. I don't want them used for campaign fodder."

(R): "We have the right to see it. After all, we paid for it."

If it helps, limit the (R) to any random Delaware Republican. There must be at least 2.

[underpants]

5. Fox News has prepper viewers tha this is already a travesty of justice

Caught some this morning. They were hammering home that the whole investigation was corrupt - basically what they’ve been saying about the Flynn investigation.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Here's the .pdf of the Application for a Stay

http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2020/images/05/07/19a1035.doj.v..hjc.stay.appl.pdf

[Scarsdale]

10. We the people PAID for this

investigation, and have a right to be able to READ it. What is being kept hidden from us?

[BComplex]

15. That issue used to matter back in the 1950's and early 60's: if taxpayers paid for something,

all the spoils weren't supposed to go to corporations...drugs that universities had a hand in creating, for instance. There was money turned back to Universities for their part.

Elizabeth Warren was all over things that the American people had been paying for that we did not get to take possession of. This investigation is one of those things!

We should definitely have the right to see this information.

[flibbitygiblets]

12. but but but, I thought the Mueller report EXONERATED Trumpski? What's the problemo?

Whatever is Agent Orange afraid of?

[riversedge]

17. Trump has 5 buddies on the SCOTUS. case closed IMHO. Lady Juctice weeps

[Grins]

18. On the same day they cut Mike Flynn free..

I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. There couldn’t be anything in there that would point out, in detail, the treasons of Mike Flynn, amiright? I’m sure Bill Barr would have told us....

[Bayard]

19. Maybe they cut him loose so he can get out of the country

Before the Mueller Grand Jury info is released (trump admin has asked the Supremes for a hold).

[Capt. America]

20. They are asking to stop the release because he's innocent correct? Please.