House votes to hold AG Barr in contempt: “We are now in a constitutional crisis”

The statement contradicts Attorney General William Barr’s assertion. No Images? Click here         House Judiciary Votes To Move Ahead On Holding William Barr In Contempt   The House Judiciary Committee moved Wednesday toward holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to produce an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and its underlying evidence. The committee, led by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), voted 24-16 to refer a contempt resolution to the full House after Barr skipped a committee hearing last week that would have examined his role in the Mueller report. Barr has faced criticism from Democrats for mischaracterizing the Mueller report’s findings in a letter to Congress and for holding a Trump-friendly press conference ahead of his release of a redacted version of the report, which looked into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. READ MORE     🔍 Our politics are personal. We make sense of what’s happening in DC and hold politicians and candidates accountable. Become a HuffPost member today.     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? The New York Senate voted 39-21 Wednesday to pass a bill that would allow the release of President Donald Trump’s state tax returns to Congress. The TRUST Act, sponsored by state Sen. Brad Hoylman, would let the New York tax commissioner release any state tax return requested by one of three congressional committees for any “specific and legitimate legislative purpose.”    READ MORE Itching for more news of Trump's taxes? You're in luck! The New York Times on Tuesday obtained tax information from Trump showing that from 1985 to 1994 show that he had accumulated more than a billion dollars in business losses over the course of the decade. READ MORE There's a tweet for that...Trump once complained on Twitter about people who don’t pay any taxes. Just one problem: As documents obtained by The New York Times revealed, Trump himself was among them for many years.    READ MORE    .     ICYMI Just two days after giving birth, Meghan Markle and husband, Prince Harry, introduced the world to their little one on Wednesday. Oh, and he has a name. Myanmar freed 2 Reuters journalists imprisoned over coverage of Rohingya Muslims.   A Virginia lawmaker who drives for Lyft is joining the driver strike.      . Want more?  George Clooney torched Donald Trump’s "rampant dumbf**kery" in a parody PSA   Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez give herself the pep talk you need in 'Knock Down The House'   North Carolina’s youngest state senator wants Asian Americans "to write our own narrative."     👋You may have noticed our website is now www.huffpost.com. Don't worry, it'll still be the same HuffPost you know and love, just with a new URL. Make sure to update your bookmarks!     HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media Group. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2019 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe