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House panel votes Barr in contempt, escalating Trump dispute

By MARY CLARE JALON- first time invoked the princi-
ICK, LISA MASCARO and ple of executive privilege,
JONATHAN LEMIRE claiming the right to block
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawmakers from the full re-
House Judiciary Commit- port on Mueller's probe of
tee voted Wednesday to Russian interference to help
hold Attorney General Wil- Trump in the 2016 election.
liam Barr in contempt of Committee Chairman Jer-
Congress, escalating the rold Nadler of New York
Democrats' extraordinary declared the action by
legal battle with the Trump Trump’s Justice Depart-
administration over access ment a clear new sign of
to special counsel Robert the president’s “blanket
Mueller's Trump-Russia re- defiance” of Congress’
port. constitutional rights to con-
The vote capped a day of duct oversight. “We did
ever-deepening dispute not relish doing this, but we
between congressional have no choice,” Nadler
Democrats and President said after the vote. In this May 1, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the Senate
Donald Trump, who for the Continued on Page 4 Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Associated Press