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The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Trump asserts executive privilege over Mueller report| House panel voting to hold Barr in contempt| Trump calls NYT story on his taxes ‘highly inaccurate Fake News’ | What we know about Trump’s business losses| DNC in tough spot as debates near| Trump to hold Florida rally this evening| Prince Harry, Meghan Markle name son Archie
HAPPENING NOW
Democrats: This ain’t over yet!:
The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. http://bit.ly/2V8WsvV
Why: Because Barr’s Justice Department refused to give Congress an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report.
Livestream of the hearing: https://cs.pn/2vHZH3h
Live blog of updates: http://bit.ly/2V8WsvV
Tidbit — five minutes before the hearing started: No Democrats had taken their seats. Photo: http://bit.ly/2LueQjf
EARLIER THIS MORNING FROM PELOSI:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Attorney General William Barr should be held in contempt of Congress. What about impeaching Barr?: Pelosi said impeachment of the attorney general is not “off the table.” http://bit.ly/2Yi52ul
Pelosi also weighed in on Trump’s impeachment: “Every single day the president is making a case — he’s becoming self-impeachable, in terms of some of the things he’s doing.” http://bit.ly/2vKAdCf
WHAT DO THEY WANT? AN INVESTIGATION! WHEN DO THEY WANT IT? NOW!:
Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney, Democrats are trying to convince the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate Attorney General William Barr over his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. http://bit.ly/2VSHb6Q
Trump hit the ‘Executive Privilege’ button:
Via The Hill’s Morgan Chalfant and Jordan Fabian, “President Trump has asserted executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted report and the underlying evidence, the Justice Department said Wednesday.” http://bit.ly/2VrcupV
Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote in a letter: “We are disappointed that you have rejected the Department of Justice’s request to delay the vote of the Committee on the Judiciary on a contempt finding against the Attorney General this morning…. Accordingly, this is to advise you that the President has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of the subpoenaed materials.” http://bit.ly/2VrcupV
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