Barr a no-show in House, contempt vote looms

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Thursday he would give Attorney General William Barr “a couple more days” to provide Congress with an unredacted version of the Mueller report — and if he does not comply, the panel “will have no choice” but to vote him in contempt of Congress.

Barr was a no-show at the House Judiciary hearing. He refused to testify because Democrats planned to allow staff lawyers to ask questions.

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