WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., will consider next week whether the Justice Department must release to Congress certain grand jury materials from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit announced Thursday that it would hold oral argument Nov. 12 to review a ruling from last month that requires disclosure of the secret material the House Judiciary Committee is seeking in its impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
In her ruling last month, Judge Beryl Howell, chief of the U.S. District Court in Washington, found the House was legally engaged in a judicial process that exempts Congress from grand jury secrecy rules.
The Justice Department, which opposes release of the information, appealed.
The fast-moving case is one of several clashes between Congress and the Trump administration over access to documents and witnesses related to the House investigation of the president.
