Robert Mueller Report

A federal appeals court directed the Justice Department to disclose certain redacted passages from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report

US District Judge Howell, handing a major victory to the Democratic-led House of Representatives, undercut an argument that Trump's fellow Republicans have made in attacking the impeachment inquiry

Trump has claimed that the Mueller inquiry resulted in the president's "complete and total exoneration."

Former special counsel Robert Mueller laid out several episodes in which Trump tried to influence his investigation and wrote that he could not exonerate the president on obstruction of justice

Mueller was originally scheduled to appear before the committee on July 17

The report is certain to launch a new political fight spilling into the halls of Congress and the 2020 presidential campaign trail

Report was written after a 22-month investigation that saw 34 people charged, including six former Donald Trump aides.