House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday accused Attorney General William P. Barr of the crime of lying to Congress, further escalating a bitter feud between House Democratic leaders and the nation’s top law enforcement officer. “The attorney general of the United States of America was not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. House Democrats have expressed exasperation in recent days as the Trump administration rebuffs a growing number of demands for information in multiple oversight investigations. Barr, as attorney general, is unlikely to enforce a contempt citation against himself, and the Justice Department is expected to ignore the citation. If he can’t and he’s not capable of asking the attorney general questions maybe he should step down or resign.”Mike DeBonis and Devlin Barrett contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 13:32 UTC