House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler gavels in a hearing on the Mueller report without witness Attorney General William Barr who refused to appear on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 2, 2019. House Democrats are then expected to take the matter to court to let a judge decide on the merits. The escalation comes after the Judiciary Committee threatened to hold Barr in contempt for ignoring a subpoena for the full Mueller report. The White House and Trump himself, however, have promised to block Congress from picking up where Mueller left off, declaring the issue closed entirely. Amid the standoff, Barr’s staff and Judiciary Democrats engaged in an 11th-hour negotiation session on Tuesday to see whether they might calm tensions.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 03:40 UTC