Democrat-led Committee Asks House to Find Barr in Contempt of Congress

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) (C) presides over a mark-up hearing where members may vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not providing an unredacted copy of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's report in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill May 08, 2019 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee voted on May 8 to recommend the full House of Representatives to vote to find Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.

In the resolution recommending the contempt vote, the Democrats accuse Barr of failing to comply with a subpoena for the full, non-redacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller. Republicans say the subpoena forces Barr into a legal Catch-22, since the attorney general would break federal law by disclosing grand jury material.