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House Democrats Move Forward To Hold Barr In Contempt

Ashe Schow

House Democrats plan to move forward next week with a vote to hold U.S. Attorney General William Barr and White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress, despite signaling two weeks ago that they were moving away from such a vote.

Politico reported that Barr would be held in contempt for refusing to break the law and provide Congress with a fully unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in 2016. The report found that the campaign did not collude with Russia. The report contains grand jury material, which cannot be revealed by law. House Democrats are demanding Barr break this law and are threatening to hold him in contempt for refusing.

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