President Trump has invoked executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller's unredacted report and the underlying evidence Read the Justice Department letter:
Trump invokes executive privilege minutes before House panel contempt vote on BarrThe Justice Department informed House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler Wednesday morning in a letter that the"President has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials.
"Faced with Chairman Nadler's blatant abuse of power, and at the Attorney General's request, the President has no other option than to make a protective assertion of executive privilege," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.Read MoreNadler set Wednesday's Judiciary Committee vote to hold Barr in contempt after the attorney general did not agree to comply with a subpoena for the documents by Monday's 9 a.m. ET deadline.
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