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May 8, 2019

House Prepares to Hold Barr in Contempt as Justice Dept. Advises Trump to Invoke Executive Privilege
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Tension continues to escalate between Congressional Democrats and the
Trump administration. The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to vote
today on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of
Congress for failing to provide lawmakers with an unredacted copy of the
Mueller report. The Justice Department is now advising Trump to invoke
executive privilege over the entire unredacted report and underlying
evidence. In related news, the White House has directed former counsel
Don Mc Gahn not to comply with a congressional subpoena to hand over
documents related to the Russia probe. Meanwhile FBI Director
Christopher Wray appears to have directly contradicted Attorney General
William Barr on whether federal authorities spied on the Trump campaign
in 2016. Last month Barr said "spying did occur." On Tuesday Wray says
he has not seen any evidence of illegal surveillance.


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