House Panel Approves Contempt for Barr After Trump Claims Privilege Over Full Mueller Report

House Democrats moved to hold a contempt vote against Attorney General William P. Barr, who has not released the fuller Mueller report.CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

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• The vote by the House Judiciary Committee against Attorney General William P. Barr came after he failed to turn over the unredacted Mueller report.
• Hours earlier, President Trump asserted executive privilege to shield the full report. Both moves escalate the drama in an increasingly tense battle.

NY TIMES

Trump Is Now Above the Law

May 7, 2019 ELIZABETH DREW

Since the release of the Mueller report, it has become increasingly clear that US Attorney General William Barr and congressional Republicans will do whatever it takes to protect President Donald Trump from legal or political accountability. If there is one safe prediction about what comes next, it is that it will be very ugly.

ELIZABETH DREW, PROJECT SYNDICATE