The House Judiciary Committee will soon vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. But the Justice Department is pushing back. Follow here for live updates
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Attorney General William Barr should be held in contempt during an on-stage interview with the Washington Post.She's referring to the Department of Justice's failure to comply to the subpoena for the unredacted report, rather than his not showing up to testify."We thought they'd come back with counter offer, but they pulled a temper tantrum.
The vote to hold Barr in contempt marks the first time that House Democrats are moving to punish a Trump administration official for defying a congressional subpoena and represents a dramatic escalation in tensions between Democrats and the White House. Nadler set Wednesday's Judiciary Committee vote after Barr did not agree by Monday's 9 a.m. ET deadline to comply with a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's full, unredacted report and underlying evidence to Congress.
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