Holding the Attorney General in Contempt

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🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt after President Trump asserted executive privilege over the full Mueller report. But little is likely to happen as a result. We look at why Congress is running out of options for investigating the president. Guest: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: The House Judiciary Committee voted 24 to 16 to hold the attorney general in contempt after President Trump asserted executive privilege to shield the unredacted Mueller report from Congress.The president’s stonewalling of Congress may threaten to upend the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Vavaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:39.6	Today, the House Judiciary Committee votes to hold the Attorney General in contempt of
0:45.3	Congress for refusing to release the full Mueller report.
0:50.5	The thing is likely to happen, why Congress is running out of options for how to investigate
0:57.4	the present.
1:01.6	It's Thursday, May 9.
1:06.0	What was the mood at this meeting of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday?
1:21.1	It was tense.
1:22.1	Chairman Nadler was very unhappy with the administration's general attitude toward
1:28.2	complying with requests for information from Congress.
1:31.5	As a co-equal branch of government, we must have access to the materials that we need
1:35.7	to fulfill our constitutional responsibilities in a manner consistent with past precedent.
1:41.4	House Democrats have, of course, asked for testimony from Bob Mueller, the special counsel,
1:46.6	William Barr, the Attorney General, Don McGinn, the former White House counsel, and all kinds
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