Schiff says House will make a criminal referral of Trump ally Erik Prince for possible perjury

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35. Still not relevant to the OP

Sure, there's a process. But once Congress makes a referral to the DOJ, the entire process is DOJ's.

Meanwhile, our own efforts didn't "stop" or "end" waiting for DOJ.

Sure... and impeachment investigations (or investigations that might later lead to an impeachment investigation) don't need to stop either. But none of that has anything to do with whether or not the process of potentially charging Prince with perjury will be over prior to the election (or that DOJ will do anything other than "investigate" the allegation and then decline to prosecute). If Congress thinks that DOJ's failure to prosecute is obstructive, they can add that to impeachment claims, but that would be after a final determination is made (which again... is very likely after the elections).