House Contempt Vote Against The Attorney General: What You Need To Know
Lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday after months of political and legal disputes with the executive branch. Here's how we got here, what it means and what's coming next.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a civil contempt resolution against Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn.
Here's what you need to know about what it means and how it came about:
Democrats v. DOJ
The Democrats who control the majority in the House want Barr to give them an unredacted copy of the report filed by former special Robert Mueller on his Russia investigation.
They also want the underlying evidence that Mueller's office developed.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., issued a subpoena for the Mueller materials. Barr rejected it, recommending that President Trump withhold the documents under the
