Justice Department warns Democrats ahead of Barr contempt vote

William Barr.
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In a letter sent to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday, the Department of Justice warned the panel against going through with a planned vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt.

The committee requested Barr send over an unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report by Monday, but that deadline came and went without a delivery. Barr was also supposed to testify before the committee last week, but skipped out on the hearing. Nadler on Monday said Congress has "no choice but to initiate contempt proceedings," with the vote set for Wednesday.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.