By Nelson W. Cunningham
A mysterious grand jury subpoena case has been working itself through the D.C. courts since August. Doughty reporting by Politico
linked the grand jury case to special counsel Robert Mueller. Some of
us, connecting the dots, wondered whether Mueller’s antagonist in this
secret subpoena battle might be President Donald Trump himself.
Speculation heightened two weeks ago when the D.C. Circuit cleared an
entire floor of reporters assembled for the oral argument, in order to
protect the identity of the litigants.
Four days later, the D.C. Circuit judges burst the speculative bubble
with a decision that halfway revealed the identity of the party
litigating against the government: not Trump, but an unnamed corporation
(“the Corporation”) owned by an unnamed foreign state (“Country A”).
Although the case is still plenty mysterious (What foreign state? What
records of what transactions? Why the hard-fought litigation?), the
evident fact that Trump was not directly involved in the litigation
seemingly drained further proceedings of direct suspense. Mueller
watchers headed off for the holidays.
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Source: POLITICO MAGAZINE
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