Legislators are preparing to begin contempt proceedings against William Barr if he fails to hand over the unredacted report by Robert Mueller
US attorney-general William Barr is headed for a showdown on Monday with Democrats in Congress, as legislators prepared to begin contempt proceedings against the top US law enforcement officer if he failed to hand over the full, unredacted Mueller report.
The Mueller report details extensive contacts between Trump's 2016 campaign and Moscow, and the campaign's expectation that it would benefit from Russian hacking and propaganda. It also describes actions Trump took to try to impede Mueller's investigation. Barr released a redacted version of the report on April 18.
Representative David Cicilline, a Democrat on Nadler's panel, said on Sunday that Barr could avoid contempt proceedings by assuring legislators that he would provide the material. But unless Barr complies, the House Judiciary Committee is expected to begin moving forward on Monday with a contempt citation that could lead to a civil court case against Barr, raising the possibility of fines and even imprisonment for failure to comply.
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