Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks House From Viewing Mueller Materials

The transcript discusses the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to the Supreme Court to pause a lower court's ruling requiring the release of secret grand jury information from Robert Mueller's Russia investigation to Congress. The House Judiciary Committee seeks these materials to investigate potential obstruction of justice by the president, as Mueller's report did not address this. The DOJ argues that grand jury materials should only be released for judicial proceedings, not legislative ones. The department has until June 1st to appeal the decision.

What was the DOJ's main reason for asking the Supreme Court to pause the lower court's ruling?

• To review the materials internally

• To prevent Congress from accessing the materials

• To file a petition for review

• To delay the investigation indefinitely

Why did the Supreme Court issue a stay on the lower court's ruling?

• To support the DOJ's argument against Congress

• To allow the DOJ to destroy the materials

• To prevent the House Judiciary Committee from investigating

• To give the Trump administration time to appeal

What was the House Judiciary Committee's purpose for needing the grand jury materials?

• To use them in a separate criminal case

• To investigate potential obstruction of justice by the president

• To challenge the Supreme Court's decision

• To publish the materials for public access

Under what condition can federal grand jury materials be released?

• If they are requested by the media

• If they are deemed irrelevant

• If they are used in a judicial proceeding

• If they are over a decade old

What argument did the DOJ make against the release of the grand jury materials?

• That the materials were already public

• That a judicial proceeding is only before a court, not lawmakers

• That the materials were incomplete

• That the materials were irrelevant to the investigation