House Judiciary Committee Turns Up The Heat On Barr Contempt

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https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/06/house-judiciary-barr-contempt.html

Posted on Mon, May 6th, 2019 by Jason Easley
House Judiciary Committee Turns Up The Heat On Barr Contempt


House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday to mark up a contempt report against AG Barr.

Rep. Nadler said in a statement, “Even in redacted form, the Special Counsel’s report offers disturbing evidence and analysis that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice at the highest levels. Congress must see the full report and underlying evidence to determine how to best move forward with oversight, legislation, and other constitutional responsibilities. The Attorney General’s failure to comply with our subpoena, after extensive accommodation efforts, leaves us no choice but to initiate contempt proceedings in order to enforce the subpoena and access the full, unredacted report. If the Department presents us with a good faith offer for access to the full report and the underlying evidence, I reserve the right to postpone these proceedings.”

The hearing will be held on May 8 at 10 AM ET. Members of the committee will debate and vote on a contempt resolution against Barr and a report of contempt. After the resolution passes the committee, it will head to the House floor for a vote. The resolution will pass in the House, and Barr will be held in contempt, which will give House counsel the ability to sue the attorney general.

Barr has the option of turning over the full Mueller report and the underlying evidence to the committee before the hearing and this all goes away. The odds of the attorney general following this course of action are zero. Barr is going to be held in contempt. The matter will go to court, and House Democrats will win.

[PoliticAverse]

1. The Latest: Justice Department proposes Nadler talks

The Justice Department is proposing a meeting to reach an “acceptable accommodation” with the House Judiciary Committee after the chairman scheduled a vote to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress for not producing special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report.

Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd proposed the meeting for Wednesday, the same day as the contempt vote.

https://apnews.com/fc7094fc04b149d89e2cb3cbd9c70f35

[MoonRiver]

2. That's just a stalling attempt, hoping Dems will cancel the vote.

Hold strong Dems, do NOT let these thugs manipulate you!

[barbtries]

3. at this point we don't know if the democrats will win.

mcconnell has been very busy packing the courts with right wing scofflaws and trump sycophants. can't know anything anymore. can only hope that a few slipped in who actually give a flying fuck about the law.