LIVE: House Judiciary Cmte. to vote on whether to hold AG Barr in contempt for failing to comply with the subpoena to provide Congress with the full, unredacted Mueller report and its underlying evidence.
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The committee vote and Trump's assertion of privilege represents a major escalation of the battle between congressional Democrats and Trump. It will likely lead to a protracted legal war over Mueller’s 448-page report on alleged obstruction of justice by the president and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr smiles as he returns to testify on "the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election" after a break in the hearing on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2019.After the Judiciary Committee signs off on the contempt resolution, it will go to a vote in the full House. The timing of that vote would be up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
“If the committee decides to proceed in spite of this request, however, the Attorney General will advise the President to make a protective assertion of executive privilege,” Boyd wrote. The Justice Department’s letter said that providing all the materials requested by Democrats would put ongoing investigations at risk, and in the case of grand jury material “force the Department to ignore existing law.” Assertion of privilege would be consistent with past administration practice.
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