Washington — Defying the US Congress, attorney-general William Barr will not attend a House judiciary committee hearing on Thursday on his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report, said panel chair Jerrold Nadler, accusing Barr of being afraid to testify. “Barr has just informed us that he will not attend tomorrow’s hearing,” Nadler, a Democrat, told reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday after a contentious Senate hearing earlier in the day where Barr defended his treatment of the report. The justice department also said on Wednesday it would not comply with a subpoena seeking Mueller’s full report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election and underlying investigative files from the probe. Committee Democrats vowed to issue a subpoena to force Barr to testify, while Nadler held out hope that the attorney-general would reconsider and show up when the hearing convenes at 1pm GMT on Thursday. “We plan on subpoenaing him if he decides not to show up. He c...
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