Congress and US attorney-general set to clash over Mueller report deadline
Legislators are preparing to begin contempt proceedings against William Barr if he fails to hand over the unredacted report by Robert Mueller
Washington — US attorney-general William Barr is headed for a showdown on Monday with Democrats in Congress, as legislators prepared to begin contempt proceedings against the top US law enforcement officer if he failed to hand over the full, unredacted Mueller report. House judiciary committee chair Jerrold Nadler gave Barr until 9am to produce the full report and underlying evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller's 22-month investigation into Russian election meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Nadler has subpoenaed the material but Barr missed an initial deadline to provide it last week. Nadler's committee views the full Mueller report as vital to its own corruption and obstruction of justice investigation of President Donald Trump. The chairs of five other House committees investigating the president have also called for its release. The Mueller report details extensive contacts between Trump's 2016 campaign and Moscow, and the campaign's expectation that it would be...
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