The U.S. Attorney-General defied a congressional subpoena that demanded the full, unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller
U.S. Attorney-General William Barr missed two subpoena deadlines for turning over the material, the latest on Monday.A U.S. House panel was poised to vote on Wednesday to hold Attorney-General William Barr in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena that demanded the full, unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller.
The fight over the complete report is just one aspect of a struggle between President Donald Trump and the Democrats investigating him, his business interests and administration, that seems destined for the courts, presenting political risks for both sides ahead of the 2020 presidential and congressional elections.
Nadler blasted the department for abruptly breaking off “good faith negotiations” to invoke such privilege and said its legal arguments lacked “credibility, merit, or legal or factual basis.”Barr released a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his 22-month investigation into Russian election meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.
The redacted Mueller report details extensive contacts between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Moscow, but did not find there was a conspiracy between Moscow and the campaign. The report also describes actions Trump took to try to impede Mueller’s investigation. The Trump administration has refused to co-operate with congressional probes in at least a half-dozen instances, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s decision on Monday to deny a request for Trump’s tax returns from the Democratic chairman of the House tax committee.
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