Posted on 05/08/2019 2:10:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating a growing feud between Democrats and the Trump administration over special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
In a 24-16 vote, Democrats made a formal recommendation that the House hold Barr in contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena for Mueller's full un-redacted report and underlying documents.
It’s unclear when the contempt resolution will advance to the House floor for a full vote, though House leaders have expressed support for it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) backed the contempt resolution during a Washington Post event earlier Wednesday, and said impeaching Barr is “not off the table.”
She also criticized the administration for actions that she has argued are meant to provoke Democrats into launching impeachment proceedings against the president.
"Every single day the president is making a case — he's becoming self-impeachable, in terms of some of the things he's doing," she said.
Democrats were angered on the eve of the contempt vote after Barr threatened to recommend that that President Trump exert executive privilege over the redacted information in Mueller’s report as well as the underlying evidence. The Justice Department followed through with the threat just before the markup began.
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“They are doing this only because they fear that Barr is serious about taking a peek into the corrupt Obamas government actions against Trump and his campaign”
Yup. That’s what’s really happening.
All the “obstruction” is on their side.
If the foreigner known as “Pelosi” wants to go there, well then...
Yawwwwwwwn. Most of us hold the House in contempt.
William Barr is supposedly held in contempt because he refused to act upon the subpoenas. If the executive privilege is upheld, where does this put the “contempt” citation?
Jerrold Nadler may have opened a can of worms he won’t be able to get stuffed back in the can.
My my my.....
Look at how these Democrats want everything to come out.
Just like they didn’t with Libya.
We won’t.
2020 is gonna be a mother f***er.
Iceholes!
Who the fek cares?
Too bad that MOST of the Republicans are on the side of Pelosi.. They want Trump stopped too.
I don’t think those Democrat politicians will like it if no one plays nice.
Misprision of Authority.
Arrest and detain every one of them that voted for this
illegal, unconstitutional monstrosity.
Try, and Convict.
Rinse and repeat as needed.
Since he already announced he is investigating things, isn’t this obstruction of justice. (using their logic)
I hold our US House of Rep’s in contempt of me, our COTUS and our POTUS.
Barr has already told them that there are ongoing investigations into the spying, which would implicate many democrats, possibly including Pelosi. If they can make an example of Barr, the next AG will drop the investigations. Barr may only have days left to start the indightments.
Heard Dems say they asked Barr to ask a Judge to allow the release of un-redacted report and he refused. So they say its obstruction.
“Can Barr sue them?”
Uh, Barr is required by law to analyze the underlying principles of law and decide if the DOJ should pursue the ‘contempt of cONGRESS ‘charge and if the DOJ should pursue it criminally.
HINT: E Holder decided he would NOT press charges against ‘hizzzzzself.’
Red meat for delusional dems (but I repeat myself), kabuki theater for the rest of the planet.
CC
Washington surely does not know what the fly over country folks think of what they have done and are still doing! There are no words to express my anger at the dems.. they are not only trying a coup... destroying a man completely and damage the United States for ever being a nation to fear from the world.
I am not a young person who just passes this all off casually. What they have done is treason... plain and simple... they have tried to overthrow the elected government and lied to the people... if they get control, they will take our guns, our healthcare and our eduation system... our kids will not be our kids... and our country will be a has been...
The medie doesn’t give a flip for anything out here.. I”m sick and tired to the ends... of what is going on and the reaction of those who don’t know what the hell they are doing!!
I’m sick and tired of the willingness to let this havoc go on until we are just past history ... i’m sick and tired of the microphone being in the hands of those who want to destroy, divide and hate.. To treat all this as normal, sets my blood afire!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cocked And Locked.
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