The D.C. court granted the Justice Department’s request while it considers whether to grant a longer stay.
A federal appeals court has put a temporary hold on a judge’s order requiring the Justice Department to give the Democratic-led House grand jury material from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation that could be fodder for the ongoing impeachment effort against President Donald Trump.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an order Tuesday granting the Justice Department’s request for an administrative stay of Chief Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling Friday, in which she concluded House lawmakers were entitled to the usually secret grand jury information.
Howell also had rejected a key White House argument: The impeachment investigation is unconstitutional because no House vote has been taken to initiate it.
View the complete October 29 article by Josh Gerstein on the Politico website here.