With a vote to hold Barr in contempt scheduled for Wednesday, the Justice Department requested a meeting, prompting House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to issue a statement. If the committee and House do vote to hold the attorney general in contempt, it is not clear what the next step might be. The attorney general would direct the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia not to enforce the contempt finding in court. The most appropriate response, however, to an attorney general who has dissembled about the Mueller report, refused to produce the report for Congress and defied a duly passed contempt citation would be impeachment. It should hold Mnuchin in contempt and proceed with civil litigation when the Justice Department refuses to enforce the contempt finding in court.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2019 15:11 UTC