Schiff says House Intelligence Committee will vote on 'enforcement action' against Justice Department

Next week, the House Intelligence Committee will vote on an "enforcement action" against Attorney General William Barr or the Justice Department, Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) announced Thursday.

The move comes after the Justice Department ignored a Wednesday deadline to turn over an unredacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report. Schiff said the Justice Department also rejected a request for "a dozen narrow sets of documents" referred to in Mueller's report. "The deadline came and went without the production of a single document, raising profound questions about whether the department has any intention to honor its legal obligations," he added.

The House Judiciary Committee voted last week in favor of holding Barr in contempt of Congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena issued by the panel; Schiff would not say if next week's "enforcement action" would be a vote to hold Barr in contempt or a civil action, The Associated Press reports.

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On Wednesday, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), saying that the White House will fight all subpoenas related to congressional investigations into Trump's finances and presidency, and will not let current or former administration officials testify. In response, Nadler sent Cipollone a letter Thursday evening, calling the White House's refusal to comply "astounding and dangerous."