The House Judiciary Committee voted in May to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he defied their request for an unredacted Mueller report. WSJ reporters break down what legal options Congress has for enforcing a subpoena. Photo Illustration: Nailah MorganWASHINGTON—The House Intelligence Committee and the Trump administration stepped back from a collision course after the Justice Department agreed to turn over some materials connected to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) postponed this week’s committee vote to enforce a subpoena for the full report and underlying documents after the Justice Department agreed to turn over 12 categories of counterintelligence and foreign intelligence materials on a...
Source: Wall Street Journal May 22, 2019 13:19 UTC