“Right now, all systems go for the contempt hearing,” Representative Jamie Raskin, a Judiciary Committee member, told Newsweek Tuesday afternoon after meeting with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and other committee members.
The House Judiciary Committee will move forward with contempt proceedings against Attorney General William Barr Wednesday for his refusal to comply with a subpoena to produce the unredacted Mueller report and its underlying evidence, despite the Justice Department saying it would ask the White House to assert executive privilege over the full report.
Ongoing negotiations between the committee and the Justice Department collapsed late Tuesday night, ending with the department saying that because Nadler still planned to hold Barr in contempt, it would request that President Donald Trump assert executive privilege. The move could make it more challenging for the committee to obtain the unredacted report through the legal battle that is almost certain to ensue.
Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee May 1, in Washington, D.C. The House Judiciary Committee will move forward with contempt proceedings against Barr on Wednesday for his refusal to comply with a subpoena to produce the unredacted Mueller report and its underlying evidence. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
Two Democrats on the Judiciary Committee—Representatives Jamie Raskin and David Cicilline—who met with Nadler and other committee members shortly after the Justice Department meeting—told Newsweek they were continuing as planned. Those dozen lawmakers include the top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, as well as the House and Senate leaders from both parties.
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