The House Judiciary Committee will hold a Wednesday markup to advance a contempt citation against Attorney General Barr for not complying with a subpoena to provide the full Mueller report to Congress
After a 9 a.m. deadline passed on Monday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee announced they will move forward Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to produce the full, unredacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller and all the underlying evidence.
The criminal contempt resolution would refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia, a Trump appointee who is unlikely to decide to pursue the matter. If the measure passes in a committee vote Wednesday morning, it would require a vote before the entire House of Representatives. In its report, the committee said it had tried to work with Barr's"legal and policy concerns" around releasing the full report but hadn't found common ground.
The power struggle between top Democrats and Barr came to a head Monday morning as the deadline came and went for Barr to hand over the requested documents. The contempt citation, if issued, could lead to a battle in the courts and possible fines or imprisonment.
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