CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Thursday that the special counsel's view that Congress should handle investigations into whether President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE obstructed justice is "all but an invitation" for Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings.

Speaking during a panel discussion, Toobin quoted a finding from a section of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's report that found that Congress could investigate the president for any "corrupt exercise" of power to be a sign that Mueller's team had opened the door for Congress to pursue obstruction investigations against Trump.

"The conclusion that Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the President's corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law," reads the line from Mueller's report quoted by Toobin.

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"There's a sentence here that is all but an explicit invitation for Congress to impeach the president," Toobin argued, referring to line from Mueller's report. "I just think this sentence is enormously important."

The broader section of the report quoted by Toobin details Mueller's findings that Congress has the authority to prevent corrupt abuses of power potentially committed by the president, an avenue House Democrats such as Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerDemocrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Schumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence MORE (N.Y.) have indicated they will pursue.

“With respect to whether the President can be found to have obstructed justice by exercising his powers under Article II of the Constitution, we concluded that Congress has authority to prohibit a President’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice,” Mueller's report reads.

Nadler spokesman Daniel Schwarz said in a statement to reporters Thursday following the report's release that there was a "clear message sent by Mueller to Congress."

In his own statement, Nadler said Thursday that "[e]ven in its incomplete form, the Mueller report outlines disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice and other misconduct."

Other Democrats including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton HoyerOVERNIGHT ENERGY: California seeks to sell only electric cars by 2035 | EPA threatens to close New York City office after Trump threats to 'anarchist' cities | House energy package sparks criticism from left and right House energy package sparks criticism from left and right Hoyer: House should vote on COVID-19 aid — with or without a bipartisan deal MORE (Md.) have said that impeachment is "not worthwhile" following the release of the report.