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House panel votes to hold Barr in contempt | TheHill

posted onMay 9, 2019
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Article snippet: The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to hold Attorney General MORE's report. In a 24-16 vote, Democrats made a formal recommendation that the House hold Barr in contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena for Mueller's full unredacted report and underlying documents. House leaders have expressed support for the contempt resolution, though it's unclear when it will advance to the House floor. Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE (D-N.Y.) said during a press conference after the vote that it would happen “rapidly” and “soon,” though he said he is not sure of a specific time. House Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) backed the contempt resolution during a Washington Post event earlier Wednesday, and said impeaching Barr is “not off the table.” She also criticized the administration for actions that she has argued are meant to provoke Democrats into launching impeachment proceedings against the president. "Every single day the president is making a case — he's becoming self-impeachable, in terms of some of the things he's doing," she said. Democrats were angered on the eve of the contempt vote after Barr threatened to recommend that MORE exert executive privilege over the redacted information in Mueller’s report as well as the underlying evidence. The Justice Department followed through with the threat just before the markup began. “As we have repeatedly explained, the attorney general could not comply with your subpoena in its current f... Link to the full article to read more

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