House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Friday sent a letter to the Department of Justice indicating he is willing to move forward with holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress if the committee does not receive subpoenaed information on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
Nadler, who has subpoenaed the Justice Department for Mueller’s full report and its underlying evidence, indicated that this was his only counteroffer before moving to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for his failure to respond to the subpoena. Nadler gave the Justice Department until Monday to respond to his Friday letter.
“The Committee is prepared to make every realistic effort to reach an accommodation with the Department. But if the Department persists in its baseless refusal to comply with the validly issued subpoena, the Committee will move to contempt proceedings and seek further legal recourse,” Nadler wrote.
He asked Barr to reconsider his decision not to allow all members of Congress to view a less-redacted version of Mueller’s report, and he renewed his request that the Justice Department work jointly with Congress to petition a federal court to release the grand jury material from Mueller’s report.
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BREAKING: House Judiciary chair gives Justice Dept until Monday to comply with Mueller report subpoena https://t.co/GEfUfYUH9m pic.twitter.com/sDpqv5phbm
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