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Howell Rules Impeachment Inquiry Legal, Orders Justice Department to Release Certain Redacted Grand Jury Materials from Mueller Report by October 30 Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (10/25/2019)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0108 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA In re APPLICATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FOR AN Grand Jury Action No. 19-48 (BAH) ORDER AUTHORIZING THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN GRAND JURY MATERIALS Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING THE APPLICATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Table of Contents I. BACKGROUND .......................................................... 3 A. The Special Counsel's Investigation .....................3..... ...............3 B. Release of the Mueller Report .............................................. 13 C. The Instant Proceeding.............................................. ...... 16 II. LEGAL STANDARD ...................................................... 18 III. DISCUSSION ............................................................ 19 A. Rule 6(e)'s Judicial Proceeding Requirement is Satisfied Because an Impeachment Trial is Such a Proceeding ...................................................... 21 1. The Term Judicial Proceeding in Rule 6(e) Has a Broad Meaning .................22 2. An Impeachment Trial is Judicial in Nature ...................................... 26 3. Historical Practice Before Enactment of Rule 6(e) Informs Interpretation of that Rule ......... 34 4. Binding D.C. Circuit Precedent Forecloses Any Conclusion Other Than That an Impeachment Trial is a 'Judicial Proceeding .......................... 37 B. HJC's Consideration of Articles of Impeachment is Preliminarily To an Impeachment Trial . 44 1. Governing Legal Principles Demonstrate That House Proceedings Can be Preliminarily To a Senate Impeachment Trial............................................44 2. HJC's Primary Purpose is to Determine Whether to Recommend Articles of Impeachment.47 a. DOJ's Proposed Preliminarily To Test is Contrary to Baggot ............ .....47 b. No House Impeachment Inquiry Resolution is Required ....................49 c. The Record of House and HJC Impeachment Activities Here Meets the Preliminarily To Test ....................................................... 55 3. Requiring More Than the Current Showing by HJC, as DOJ Demands, Would Improperly Intrude on Article I Powers Granted to House of Representatives ...................58 4. DOJ's Remaining Objections are Unpersuasive .........................61 C. HJC Has a Particularized Need for the Requested Materials ........... ............ 62 1. Disclosure is Necessary to Avoid Possible Injustice ....................... ..... 64 2. The Need for Disclosure Outweighs the Need for Continued Secrecy ................71 3. Scope of Disclosure Authorized ..........................................74 IV. CONCLUSION .......................................................... 74 1

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