House Judiciary Committee Schedules Vote to Hold AG Barr in Contempt

Attorney General William Barr testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 1, 2019. Aaron Bernstein/Reuters

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.

The committee’s announcement comes during a rift between House Democrats and the attorney general regarding the handling of the Mueller report and Barr’s decision not to appear for a scheduled hearing before the committee, prompting questions about how much information the Justice Department is required to provide to Congress.