COURTS/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Friday [10-25-19] validated the legality of the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and ordered his administration to hand over an unredacted copy of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 election. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, handing a major victory to the Democratic-led House of Representatives, undercut an argument that Trump’s fellow Republicans have made in attacking the impeachment inquiry. The judge said the House need not approve a resolution formally initiating the effort. The U.S. Constitution gives the House wide latitude in handling impeachment. Democrats began the inquiry without putting such a resolution to a vote. The judge gave the Justice Department until next Wednesday [10-30-19] to provide the blacked out material from the Mueller report that was subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee.”
–Jan Wolfe, Sarah N. Lynch, “Judge validates Trump impeachment inquiry, orders Mueller document release,” Reuters, October 25, 2019 12:39 pm