In 1974, D.C. District Court Judge John Sirica ordered that a report prepared by the Watergate grand jury be turned over to the House Judiciary Committee, so they could use it as it decided whether to impeach President Nixon.

Forty-five years later, a remarkably similar sequence of events may be about to play out. With Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation complete, Congress is ramping up its own investigations, as it determines whether to initiate proceedings to impeach the President. And to help inform its investigation, Congress reasonably wants to see the full unredacted Mueller Report and the underlying materials.