JUST IN: House panel sets Wednesday vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt after the Justice Department declined to provide an unredacted version of the Mueller report to Congress
The vote to hold Barr in contempt marks the first time that House Democrats are moving to punish a Trump administration official for defying a congressional subpoena and represents a dramatic escalation in tensions between Democrats and the White House.Nadler set Wednesday's Judiciary Committee vote after Barr did not agree by Monday's 9 a.m. ET deadline to comply with a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's full, unredacted report and underlying evidence to Congress.
Democrat threatens to lock up William Barr 02:52And Trump and the Trump Organization have filed lawsuits to block subpoenas issued to banks and accounting firms by Cummings, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters. Democrats are still debating how they should respond to stonewalling of their investigations from the Trump administration.
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