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House Votes To Hold Barr, McGahn In Contempt
Daily Caller ^ | 06/11/2019 | William Davis

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.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agbarr; barr; billbarr; contempt; declassification; dems; fbi; fisa; impeachment; jamescomey; lisapage; longprisonterms; pelosi; peterstrzok; robertmueller; williambarr
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Contempt? As when Hillary Clinton smashed her mobile devices, deleted tens of thousands of emails, bleachbit her server, then mocked inquiry about wiping her server with a damp rag??

“what difference does it make at this time any how (if I lied about Benghazi during an election year)?”


61 posted on 06/12/2019 8:10:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
I can’t find a roll call link that makes sense to me.

Article sez it was a party line vote. Ds voted for, Rs voted against. Simple. No roll call vote needed.

62 posted on 06/12/2019 8:11:27 AM PDT by upchuck (No muzzy is fit to hold public office - their cult (religion) is incompatible with the Constitution.)
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To: upchuck
Finally found one here

Amash voted NO. He has said publicly that Trump should be impeached. How does that make sense? Maybe he thinks that Barr is just doing his job. Or maybe this whole contempt thing is legal and political nonsense?

Also Tulsi Gabbard did not vote. Sometimes she seems smarter than her fellow dems.

63 posted on 06/12/2019 8:37:24 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I doubt Barr is losing any sleep over it.


64 posted on 06/12/2019 8:52:22 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: upchuck
Article sez it was a party line vote.

There's a line?...

65 posted on 06/12/2019 9:25:57 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: DoughtyOne

Good research D1, thanks


66 posted on 06/12/2019 10:02:42 AM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Syncro

I didn’t have to research it.

One day I happened across and interview of him explaining all this. It really stuck with me.

Thanks for the note. Hope things are good for you.


67 posted on 06/12/2019 10:07:40 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent...)
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To: DoughtyOne

Looks like your mind is on auto-research

:>)

There is no word for coincidence in the Hebrew language

I hope you and yours are well also


68 posted on 06/12/2019 10:19:51 AM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Syncro

Thanks.

Yes, things are good here.

Interesting that lack of a word for coincidence.


69 posted on 06/12/2019 10:23:28 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent...)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I’m in contempt of Congress, too!


70 posted on 06/12/2019 5:28:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: upchuck; Magnatron
Article sez it was a party line vote.

I guess that means that Dumbash voted for the contempt charges...    winking face

71 posted on 06/12/2019 5:34:51 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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