The decision has major implications for the release of grand jury records -- especially at a moment when the lower federal court in Washington has been asked to make grand jury information related to the Mueller investigation public. In the case of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe and related grand jury records, Attorney General William Barr said he is working with the outgoing special counsel to redact confidential information from the grand jury from Mueller's final, almost-400-page report, which will be released publicly this month. "The Department of Justice will continue to defend the long-established tradition of protecting grand jury information." "Before and after that decision, House Judiciary clearly has a right to seek information from the Mueller grand jury under the express exception to grand jury secrecy." Mueller grand jury effectThe decision Friday effectively reverses slivers of a recent opinion related to grand jury documents from the Starr investigation into President Bill Clinton.

Source: CNN April 06, 2019 00:33 UTC