Whoa whoa whoa! Don’t we have three (3) separate branches of government to make sure we don’t have secret courts and secret charges against American citizens?

Judge denies Nunes access to secret depositions on Steele dossier

The chairmen of two congressional committees, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Cal., who sought sealed testimony in a South Florida court case from key players in the Trump-Russia investigation ran afoul of proper procedures, a federal judge in Miami said.

The federal magistrate judge rebuffed those efforts on Sept. 5 but the reasons why and other details had been shielded from the public — until now. A transcript viewed by Miami Herald and McClatchy reporters shows that the judge felt their effort threatened to overstep congressional powers, but he left the door open to consider a request made through proper legal channels.

“I really need the Senate committee and the House committee to come here and explain to me why it is appropriate for them to obtain these [sealed court] documents,” Magistrate Judge John J. O’Sullivan said, before denying their request to release two crucial depositions taken in a Miami lawsuit related to the federal investigation.

Such a follow-up request does not seem to have been made in the nearly two months that have passed. The efforts by the chairmen to step into a civil lawsuit underscored the bitter partisan warfare engulfing Washington.

Nunes and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, in August tried to get a federal court in South Florida to turn over a transcript of the videotaped deposition given by former British spy Christopher Steele.

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Maybe I’m mistaken but of ALL the people involved in this mess Steele’s depositions need to be provided to these committees. This deposition is of far more importance to Grassley & then they are to those involved the the Buzzfeed defamation lawsuit.