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House Democrats officially introduce contempt resolution for Barr, McGahn | TheHill

posted onJune 7, 2019
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Article snippet: House Democrats have officially introduced a resolution to hold Attorney General MORE and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas. The contempt resolution allows House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE’s unredacted report and underlying evidence, as well as for McGahn to provide documents and public testimony. The resolution also gives any committee chair the rare power to go to federal court to seek civil enforcement of subpoenas, both current and future orders, so long as they are granted approval by the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. The House Rules Committee is expected to mark up the resolution to hold Barr and McGahn in contempt on Monday, according to a Democratic congressional aide, and the full House is slated to vote on the resolution Tuesday. The measure, introduced by Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), comes as Democrats accuse the White House of unprecedented efforts to stonewall their legitimate investigations into MORE and his administration. The White House has accused Democrats of trying to score political points against Trump ahead of the 2020 election. Nadler subpoenaed Barr for the full Mueller report in April following its release. The Justice Department has so far refused to turn over the full report and underlying evidence, arguing that doing so would amount to Barr violating the law by releasing grand jury material and compromising ongoing investigatio... Link to the full article to read more

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