The House Judiciary Committee is voting on whether to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt in a dispute over his handling of the Mueller report. Follow live updates:
In a letter to President Trump, Attorney General Barr asked the President to"make a protective assertion of executive privilege with respect to Department of Justice documents recently subpoenaed" by the House Judiciary Committee.From CNN's Laura Jarrett
Chairman Nadler said earlier this morning on CNN’s New Day that the US is in a"constitutional crisis" over a showdown about the release of a full version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.16 min agoHouse Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler just gaveled today's hearing into session.The decision to hold the vote came after the Justice Department declined to provide an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report to Congress.
Congress can ask the judicial branch to enforce a congressional subpoena. In other words, Congress can seek a federal court's civil judgment saying the person is legally obligated to comply with the subpoena.From CNN's Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju
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