House Judiciary Committee Holds Vote to Hold AG Barr in Contempt

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report as U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (R) and U.S. Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O’Callaghan listen at the Department of Justice on April 18, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote for Wednesday, May 8, to decide whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not turning over a fully unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 elections.