The House will vote next week on a resolution citing Attorney General William Barr with contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the unredacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller.
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn will be the subjects of a resolution he will bring to the House floor on Tuesday.
“Next Tuesday, I will bring a resolution to the House Floor forcing Attorney General Barr and former White House Counsel McGahn to comply with Congressional subpoenas that have been duly issued by the House Judiciary Committee,” the Maryland Democrat said in a statement.
“The resolution will authorize the Judiciary Committee to pursue civil action to seek enforcement of its subpoenas in federal court,” he added. It also authorizes House Committees that have issued subpoenas as part of their oversight and investigation responsibilities to seek civil enforcement of those subpoenas when they are ignored. This Administration’s systematic refusal to provide Congress with answers and cooperate with Congressional subpoenas is the biggest cover-up in American history, and Congress has a responsibility to provide oversight on behalf of the American people.”
McGahn, a key witness in Mueller’s obstruction of justice investigation, declined to testify before Congress last month after President Trump directed him to comply with a House Judiciary Committee subpoena.
