Posted on 06/11/2019 6:27:14 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to hold Bill Barr and Don McGahn in contempt of Congress.
Both President Donald Trump’s attorney general and former White House counsel defied subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee, and congressional Democrats followed through on threats to hold them in contempt. The lower chamber voted in favor of H. Res. 430 by a margin of 229-191 in what was a party line vote. (RELATED: AG Bill Barr Is Not Worried About His Reputation: ‘Everyone Dies’)
Trump administration officials have come under fire for their handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which concluded that there was no evidence that the president’s campaign colluded with the Russian government. Mueller declined to weigh in on the possibility that Trump obstructed justice over the course of his investigation.
Perhaps no figure — other than Trump himself — has drawn more ire from Democrats than Barr, who released his own summary of Mueller’s report, weeks before it was released to the public. (RELATED: The Kremlin Breaks Silence On Mueller Report)
Congressional Democrats have accused Barr of misleading the public in his summary, with some Democratic leaders even calling on Barr to resign. Mueller himself said last month that he believes Barr acted in “good faith.”
“The Attorney General preferred to make the entire report public all at once. We appreciate that the Attorney General made the report largely public,” Mueller said at the time. “I do not question the Attorney General’s good faith in that decision.”
Despite Mueller’s report, Democrats are continuing to aggressively investigate the Trump administration ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Earlier this week, Democrats rolled in Watergate figure John Dean to testify in front of the Judiciary Committee, a move widely panned by Republicans and Trump, who called Dean a “loser.”
In a party-line 229-191 vote, House Democrats on Tuesday passed a civil enforcement resolution that Democrats say effectively holds Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress — just a day after a key Democrat-led committee postponed its own contempt vote and said the Justice Department was cooperating with its investigation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-votes-barr-mcgahn-contempt-another-vote-expected-soon
Malicious prosecution seems to fit, though they might have to wait ‘til they arrest them or something.
Who is making the case that the public will listen to? We have known this for months, years? It is the political scandal of the Century.
I remember when the cry from the rats and Obama was the congress is ineffectual and we need executive orders to get things done. These idiots for over 2 years have done nothing and should all be forced to resign
It’s the greatest political scandal in American political history. But after 50 years of demoralization and moral laxity American is a third world country with a residue of what was once the world’s greatest industrial and intellectual powerhouse.
It was party line. No Republicans crossed over, and no Democrats did, either.
Make America great again.
Hear, hear!
From this point forward, Congressional votes of Contempt mean that the controlling party doesn’t like an administration official.
And soon, from THAT point forward, Congressional votes of Impeachment mean that the controlling party doesn’t like a President.
Nothing more. Like the cry of “racism”, overuse has diluted the meaning to nothingness.
The Democrats have the verdict they crave. Now they have to seek to support it, no matter how shakily.
When? When we get some conservatives in leadership, not a bunch of squishy RINO's.
It certainly never seemed to hurt Eric Holder any.
I have held Congress in contempt for years.I worked as a DOE contractor for over 30 years. Aside from a couple of cabinet members no-one is more contemptible than congress.
I’ve asked this question many times but never got a satisfactory answer -— Eric Holder and Lois Lerner were held in contempt of Congress too. What punishment did they get?
Eric Holder held his position for as long as he wanted it, and Lois Lerner still has her fat six figure pension.
What exactly does being held Contempt of Congress give you other than to be told you’ve been a bad boy?
this is correct, I believe
they never anticipated that hitlery was gonna lose.
For dems, it means talking points and fundraising material.
Agreed!!!
Article sez it was a party line vote.
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