House of Representatives to vote June 11 on holding Barr, McGahn in contempt


House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced on Monday that the full House of Representatives will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress.
The vote will take place on June 11. In a statement, Hoyer said the resolution "will authorize the Judiciary Committee to pursue civil action to seek enforcement of its subpoenas in federal court. It also authorizes House Committees that have issued subpoenas as part of their oversight and investigation responsibilities to seek civil enforcement of those subpoenas when they are ignored."
After Barr refused to comply with subpoenas related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation issued by the House Judiciary Committee, the panel voted to hold him in contempt. Last month, McGahn ignored his own subpoena from the panel, after the White House ordered him not to appear before the committee.
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"This administration's systematic refusal to provide Congress with answers and cooperate with congressional subpoenas is the biggest cover-up in American history, and Congress has a responsibility to provide oversight on behalf of the American people," Hoyer said.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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