WASHINGTON ― House Democrats escalated their war with the Trump administration over document requests on Tuesday, voting to allow the Judiciary Committee to try to enforce ignored subpoenas in court. But they stopped short of the more direct, promised jab: holding Trump administration officials in contempt. The House voted 229-191 to enforce subpoenas in civil court, with not a single Republican joining all the Democrats in support of the resolution. “The Trump administration is engaged in one of the most unprecedented cover-ups since Watergate,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md. All the subpoenas Democrats have issued will expire after the next election, when a new Congress is seated.

Source: Huffington Post June 11, 2019 20:34 UTC