I wonder what this means for Fusion GPS’ appeal.
IANAL, but would it render an appeal moot? Post facto and all that?
This is going to out the law firms used as cut outs/intermediaries. ‘Bye to attorney/client privilege, in this case?
The bank records were handed over before Fusion appealed.
“I wonder what this means for Fusion GPS’ appeal.”
The records are out of their hands now and in the hands of Congress. There were two reasons for appealing, one was to get an emergency stay, which they obviously did not, and the second one is to get a ruling that Congress was not authorized to see those documents.
Where that plays out is regarding what happens next. Because if the documents show one tenth the level of criminality that people suspect, based on Fusion’s Death Fight over them, then Congress will be sending the Justice Department a whole pile of criminal referrals - that is what is scaring the daylights out of Fusion GPS - but if it is ruled that Congress should have never seen the documents, then the Fusion people would have at least some grounds to say the referrals are invalid.