Congressional Democrats moved closer on Monday to citing Attorney General William Barr for contempt of Congress over his failure to give them an unredacted version of the Mueller report, escalating a showdown with the White House. The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee released a report citing Barr, an appointee of President Donald Trump, for contempt of Congress after the expiration of a second deadline to produce the full report. The panel will vote on whether to move ahead with a contempt citation on Wednesday, and if it does so, the full House will vote on the issue. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler subpoenaed the full document and underlying evidence, setting an initial deadline that Barr missed last week. Nadler's committee views the full Mueller report as vital to its own corruption and obstruction of justice investigation of Trump.

Source: dna May 07, 2019 04:07 UTC