DOJ says it will resume talks with Judiciary panel if House delays contempt vote
Source: the hill
By Morgan Chalfant - 06/04/19 06:18 PM EDT
The Justice Department has offered to renew negotiations with the House Judiciary Committee over the release of special counsel Robert Muellers full report and underlying evidence if the lower chamber cancels a scheduled vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress next week.
In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote the Justice Department is prepared to resume negotiations with the committee on a narrowed request for Muellers materials in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election provided that the Committee takes reasonable steps to restore the status quo ante by mooting its May 8 vote and removing any threat of an imminent vote by the House of Representatives to hold the Attorney General in contempt.
Boyd cited what he described as a willingness expressed by the committee in previous correspondence to narrow the scope of the subpoena.................................
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House leaders on Monday scheduled a vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress on June 11 for failing to comply with a subpoena for the full, unredacted Mueller report as well as its underlying evidence.
It is unclear whether the Justice Departments offer Tuesday will stave off the vote. The committee has not yet responded to the department.......................................................
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/446977-doj-says-it-will-resume-talks-with-judiciary-panel-if-house-delays
Gothmog
(145,817 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Barr gets held in contempt.
Stop negotiating with these criminals.
Freethinker65
(10,094 posts)rpannier
(24,350 posts)Delay. Delay. Delay
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Again, DOJ is requesting? I do not trust the DOJ. They are not on the American people's side.
riversedge
(70,422 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)BootinUp
(47,209 posts)Historic NY
(37,458 posts)time to send out the Sgt at Arms
ancianita
(36,207 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)That should help the DOJ focus their thinking as they near the deadline.
old guy
(3,284 posts)Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Hotler
(11,473 posts)orangecrush
(19,661 posts)Fullduplexxx
(7,878 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)otherwise its all pointless
DeminPennswoods
(15,294 posts)there will be no change in the scheduled vote, but if DoJ wishes to resume negotiations with his committee, that's ok.