The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice of appeal Monday against a federal judge’s order to release grand jury material from the Mueller report to congress.

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order Friday that required the DOJ to release the grand jury material to the House Judiciary Committee by Wednesday. The House Judiciary Committee seeks the grand jury material for its impeachment inquiry over possible obstruction by President Donald Trump during the Russia investigation.

Following the appeal, the DOJ asked the court to stay release of the material until the circuit court hears the appeal. In its motion, the DOJ emphasized the dangers of disclosing the grand jury materials before the appeal:

The Department hereby requests a stay of the Court’s order pending appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  A stay is warranted because, without a stay, the Department will be irreparably harmed. Once the information is disclosed, it cannot be recalled, and the confidentiality of the grand jury information will be lost for all time—particularly if Petitioner United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary … decides to publicize the now-secret grand jury materials, which it has asserted the power to do through a simple majority vote.

The House Judiciary Committee must respond to the motion for stay by noon on Tuesday.