The Supreme Court is set to vote on whether an unnamed foreign company fighting a grand jury subpoena, which may involve Special Counsel Robert Mueller, has to pay the fines it is racking up for every day it refuses to turn over information.
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The company submitted a reply under seal to the Supreme Court earlier today, following written arguments it and the Justice Department made last week.
The filing Wednesday tees up a vote by the full Supreme Court.
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After losing at an appeals court, the company took its challenge to the Supreme Court and asked for a freeze on the mounting penalties.
Chief Justice John Roberts allowed it a temporary pause last month, but the full court is now expected to weigh in on whether the freeze should stay in place.
A denial from the court would be an apparent win for Mueller's team.
Grand jury matters in the federal court system are typically kept secret, unless a witness decides to speak about the subpoenas they receive or their experience testifying.
However, the case has still been one of the most secretive in years to progress through the court system.
It apparently included two face-offs between special counsel office prosecutors and the unnamed company's private attorneys.
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The company has kept nearly all its filings secret -- with the exception of a log of when it submits information to the appeals courts.
Though the Supreme Court allows for cases like this to be secret in their early requests, the high court has never heard a known case where all parties and arguments stayed confidential.
Supreme Court teed up to act on mystery Mueller-related grand jury case (CNN)