AG Barr is threatening not to testify before the House Judiciary Cmte. this week because of concerns about the hearing's format, a senior Democratic aide on the committee told NBCNews.
Attorney General William Barr is threatening not to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this week because of concerns about the hearing's format, a senior Democratic aide on the committee has told NBC News.
House Judiciary Committee Democrats discussed these additional requests last week and most recently spoke with the Justice Department about them on Friday afternoon, the aide said. It's unclear what will happen regarding Barr's testimony or whether he will attend the Thursday hearing, which is slated to take place a day after he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Jessica Andrews, a spokesperson for the House Judiciary Republicans, told NBC News that Barr had voluntarily offered to testify before the committee, in addition to voluntarily making the redacted report public and offering House Democrats the chance to view a less-redacted report in person. "The attorney general isn’t a fact witness, and this committee’s investigations — as Democrat leadership reminds us daily — don’t constitute impeachment, so Democrats have yet to prove their demands anything but abusive and illogical in light of the transparency and good faith the attorney general has shown our committee," Andrews continued.
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