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    House Democrats To Get Some Mueller Report Material, But Contempt Vote Is Still On

    The Justice Department reached an accord on Monday with the House Judiciary Committee, but members of Congress are nonetheless expected to press ahead with authorizing potential lawsuits on Tuesday.
    by Philip Ewing Jun 10, 2019 3 minutes
    House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says the Justice Department has agreed to release some information related to the special counsel report on Russian election interference.

    Updated at 3:25 p.m. ET

    The Justice Department is to begin providing documents to the House Judiciary Committee after a dispute over a subpoena — but members of Congress are reserving the ability to continue to pursue contempt litigation down the line.

    Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., announced the agreement on Monday, but the committee's staffers said nothing had changed about plans for Tuesday to vote to authorize civil contempt lawsuits that could later target Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn.

    Nadler wants to keep

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