The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has initiated contempt proceedings against US Attorney General William Barr for the release of the unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and will hold a vote on Wednesday on a contempt resolution.
The US Justice Department threatened Tuesday to completely withhold Mueller’s unredacted report from Congress if House Democrats decide to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, Reuters reported Tuesday.
The Mueller report found, however, no evidence of alleged collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign with Russia in the 2016 US presidential election. However, Mueller described ten episodes that may constitute obstruction of justice by the US president.