DOJ says it will resume talks with Judiciary panel if House delays contempt vote

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Source: the hill



By Morgan Chalfant - 06/04/19 06:18 PM EDT


The Justice Department has offered to renew negotiations with the House Judiciary Committee over the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report and underlying evidence if the lower chamber cancels a scheduled vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress next week.

In a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote the Justice Department is “prepared to resume negotiations” with the committee on a narrowed request for Mueller’s materials in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election “provided that the Committee takes reasonable steps to restore the status quo ante by mooting its May 8 vote and removing any threat of an imminent vote by the House of Representatives to hold the Attorney General in contempt.”

Boyd cited what he described as a willingness expressed by the committee in previous correspondence to narrow the scope of the subpoena.................................


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House leaders on Monday scheduled a vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress on June 11 for failing to comply with a subpoena for the full, unredacted Mueller report as well as its underlying evidence.

It is unclear whether the Justice Department’s offer Tuesday will stave off the vote. The committee has not yet responded to the department.......................................................

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/446977-doj-says-it-will-resume-talks-with-judiciary-panel-if-house-delays

[Gothmog]

1. House Majority Leader rejects DOJ's offer of documents in return for stopping Barr contempt vote

Link to tweet

[Progressive Jones]

2. NO. THe House gets exactly what DOJ has been told to give them, or

Barr gets held in contempt.
Stop negotiating with these criminals.

[Freethinker65]

3. Stall. Stall. Stall.

[rpannier]

18. Yep. That's what I thought

Delay. Delay. Delay

[Iliyah]

4. Heard this before . . .

Again, DOJ is requesting? I do not trust the DOJ. They are not on the American people's side.

[Owl]

5. NO!

[riversedge]

6. agree. Dems need to get the documents that they need.

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. There's nothing to negotiate. Just turn over the documents as demanded by Congress. n/t

[BootinUp]

8. Not this shit again. Nt

[Historic NY]

9. Delay, obfuscate, obstruct...

time to send out the Sgt at Arms

[ancianita]

10. Nadler, stay focused. Don't fall for it.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. No, stop them from stalling more and take the vote as scheduled.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Delay, delay, delay: Trump Mob tactic #1. . . . nt

[BlueIdaho]

13. Set the contempt vote NOW.

That should help the DOJ focus their thinking as they near the deadline.

[old guy]

14. No. Just another stall.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. Um. Are they complying with the subpoena? No? Then that is contempt.

[Hotler]

16. Ho hum...........nt

[orangecrush]

17. Stalling.

[Fullduplexxx]

19. inherent contempt

[beachbum bob]

20. enough is enough, its all about stall and delay. Democrats best grow a pair ASAP

otherwise its all pointless

[DeminPennswoods]

21. Nadler sent a response to DoJ saying

there will be no change in the scheduled vote, but if DoJ wishes to resume negotiations with his committee, that's ok.