In 1956, Columbia University professor and political activist Jesus Galindez vanished without a trace. Investigators never found his body, but compelling evidence indicated someone affiliated with the Dominican Republic’s government kidnapped and murdered him. (Red State)
Attorney and author Stuart McKeever has been investigating this case for 40 years. He has tried to gain access to the results of a long-ago grand jury investigation into Galindez’s disappearance. Specifically, he is interested in finding information that “could shed light on what he believes is possible U.S. government involvement in the disappearance of the Columbia professor, Galindez, who was a critic of the dictator and U.S. ally who led the Dominican Republic at the time, Rafael Trujillo.” McKeever said, “The Justice Department does not want this case to break the dam.”
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“But the Justice Department argues that judges don’t have “inherent authority” to release such information unless it falls under exemptions approved by Congress, which don’t apply in the Galindez case — or in many others, including potentially Mueller’s investigation.”
Thus, he is appealing and his case will be heard next month in the D.C. Court of Appeals in Washington and the decision could have major implications for the Mueller Investigation. It could affect whether or not Robert Mueller’s final report on Trump/Russia collusion can be made public.
If Democrats win back the House Majority in November, the outcome of this case will not matter. In that event, a Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee could “subpoena any report if it were part of an impeachment proceeding.” (And you can bet it would arrive quickly.) “A judge would likely approve that request because of a D.C. Circuit ruling in 1974 that approved transmission of a report to the House on President Richard Nixon’s actions in Watergate.”
Ultimately, factors such whether or not Republicans retain their congressional majorities and how the D.C. Court of Appeals rules will determine the investigation’s trajectory.
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