WASHINGTON – House Democrats told the Supreme Court that it needs grand jury evidence from the Russia probe as they continue to investigate whether President Donald Trump had committed additional impeachable offenses.
In a court filing Monday, the House Judiciary Committee said the secret grand jury evidence gathered by former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation “is central” to its inquiry into possible obstruction of justice by the president. “If this material reveals new evidence supporting the conclusion that President Trump committed impeachable offenses … the Committee will proceed accordingly – including, if necessary, by considering whether to recommend new articles of impeachment,” Douglas Letter, the House’s general counsel, wrote.
Letter said the committee is also looking into improper political influence in the Justice Department’s handling of the cases of Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, two presidential allies who were indicted as a result of the Mueller investigation.
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