DOJ obstructs House impeachment inquiry – asks federal court to block release of Mueller Grand Jury files: report

In a stunning move Attorney General Bill Barr's Dept of Justice late Friday afternoon filed a 40-page brief with a federal court, declaring the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry is not an impeachment inquiry, in an attempt to block release of files related to the Mueller probe.

It appears to be an unprecedented act, in which the top law enforcement agency is attempting to block Congress from carrying out its constitutional duties.

The DOJ is attempting to block the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury files, according to Politico. House Democrats have frequently said they cannot make an impeachment decision without the underlying materials from Mueller's exhaustive investigation.

Politico's Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio broke the story, heralding the developments via Twitter:

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