Congressional Democrats push through a resolution making it easier to take legal action against US President Donald Trump's administration
Tuesday's measure would also authorise the Judiciary Committee to petition a federal judge for permission to access grand jury evidence from the Mueller probe.
It would allow them to bypass full House votes and more directly pursue cases in the courts, where the party has scored some victories against Trump. An earlier, tougher resolution aimed to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt for defying subpoenas related to the Mueller report.
"If they continue to cooperate with us I would expect that we would not race to the courthouse," Jeffries told reporters before the vote. "This has not been done before, but neither have we ever seen blanket stonewalling by the administration of all information requests by the House," Nadler told lawmakers.
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