Article snippet: The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued Friday that a federal court should reject the House Judiciary Committee’s efforts to obtain evidence and testimony from special counsel MORE’s investigation in part because Democrats cannot agree on the scope of the panel’s inquiry. The DOJ noted conflicting language used by House Democrats as to whether the Judiciary Committee’s probe into obstruction of justice, among other things, amounted to an impeachment investigation, specifically citing reluctance among House leadership to label the inquiry as such. “Most prominently, the speaker of the House has been emphatic that the investigation is not a true impeachment proceeding,” the DOJ wrote, adding that Pelosi said Democrats were “not even close” to a formal impeachment investigation. The filing also highlighted House Majority Leader MORE’s (D-Md.) statement this month that the Judiciary panel is trying to expedite court cases by convincing federal courts to compel the administration to provide sought after documents and testimony. House Democrats are scrambling to gain access to grand jury information obtained during the Mueller investigation. The Judiciary committee has argued that its probe is an “impeachment investigation” and is taking action preliminary to “judiciary proceeding” — referring to an ultimate Senate trial — a move they say satisfies an exception to federal grand jury secrecy rules. The Justice Department rejected that claim Friday, citing conflicting... Link to the full article to read more