Washington (CNN) Grand jury material from former special counsel Robert Mueller won't be released to the Democratic-led House of Representatives at least for now, after the Supreme Court on Thursday granted the Trump administration's request to take up the case next term. The move means the documents won't likely be released before the November election, even if the Democrats win the case. The case is a major separation of powers fight, testing the ability of the Justice Department to control grand jury information from a historic, deeply political investigation it conducted that could also aid congressional investigations. The grand jury materials in question could shed considerable light on Russian election-meddling and Trump's response in 2016. Dozens of witnesses testified before Mueller's grand jury, according to CNN reporting, including Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and at least two people who attended the Trump Tower meeting in summer 2016.

Source: CNN July 02, 2020 13:52 UTC