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Posted on 05/07/2019 4:02:33 PM PDT by jazusamo
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that his panel is still planning to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt to Congress, suggesting that a meeting held earlier between committee staff and the Justice Department did not bear fruit.
Nadler would not comment on the details of the negotiations with the Justice Department regarding the committee’s demands for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report, but told reporters Tuesday evening the contempt vote was “still scheduled.”
“The only thing I’m going to say is at the moment, it’s still scheduled,” Nadler told reporters when leaving Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) office Tuesday evening.
It’s still possible that the committee and the Justice Department could reach an agreement before the contempt vote, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.
A Justice Department spokesperson did not respond to a request for information about the meeting with committee staff Tuesday.
On Monday, Nadler announced the committee would vote Wednesday on a resolution recommending Barr be held in contempt after he did not meet the committee’s demands for the full, unredacted Mueller report and underlying evidence.
The Justice Department in a letter to Nadler Monday said it remained open to engaging with the committee to reach an “accommodation that meets the legitimate interests of each of our coequal branches of government” but expressed disappointment that Nadler had moved forward with the contempt process.
Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd also defended Barr as going to great lengths to accommodate members of Congress and urged Nadler to view the less-redacted version of the report the attorney general has made available to select lawmakers. Republicans have also sternly objected to Nadler for scheduling the contempt vote.
Nadler issued a subpoena for Mueller’s full report in April, one day after Barr released a public version that is redacted to conceal grand jury material, details that could compromise ongoing probes, classified material and details on “peripheral” third parties.
Barr has offered select members of Congress, including Nadler, the opportunity to review a less-redacted version of the report in a secure room on the condition they don’t discuss its contents. He has thus far refused Democrats’ request to join them in petitioning a court for the release of grand jury material from the report.
Democrats have described Barr’s accommodations as unacceptable and demanded the full report be made available to Congress. Nadler also wants access to the evidence Mueller collected, saying his committee is entitled to the materials as part of its oversight and investigative responsibilities.
Boyd wrote Nadler last week notifying him the department would not comply with the subpoena, describing it as “overbroad” and “extraordinarily burdensome” and posing a threat to ongoing law enforcement investigations.
What a political whore...
I have to believe that Nader and every other Dem Senator is having a real hard time sleeping these days. I’d bet money that most of them are taking sedatives for sleep. Seeing Pelosi in front of the cameras a few days ago made it pretty clear that shes at the top of the class in that respect. Ugh...I still shiver when I recall how unkept she looked.
These folks are talking tough (best that they can) in front of the cameras but I know that they are really freaking out when off camera. They get no pity from me...
Barr should say, “I don’t have contempt for congress, just a group of democrat lightweights.”
Reminds one of Dr. Evil’s henchman “Fat Bastard” from the Austin Powers movie.
So let me get this straight. The Democrats want to refer the Attorney General for contempt of Congress.
To whom? to the Department of Justice. And who runs the Department of Justice? Th e Attorney General.
They’re going to refer him to himself?
Funny, but I have held Nadler in contempt for years.
Go for it , dick wad
Well laugh right in your face
You complete utter fat slob loser
Precisely my first thought.
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