Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said the House may vote on a package of contempt charges against the Trump administration in addition to the the contempt citation advanced against Attorney General William Barr by the House Judiciary Committee.
“When we are ready we’ll come to the floor because there might be some other contempt of Congress issues we will want to deal with at the same time,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said, when asked at a news conference about the timing of House floor consideration of the Barr contempt charge.
Pelosi said she agrees with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., who declared the nation is in a constitutional crisis because Congress does not have access to the unredacted Mueller report into Russian election interference.
“Yes, I do agree with Chairman Nadler because the administration has decided they are not going to honor their oath of office,” Pelosi said.
The Judiciary panel voted along party lines to hold Barr in contempt for refusing to turn over the unredacted Mueller report, which he is prohibited by law from releasing.
Nadler indicated at the hearing the contempt charge was aimed broadly at the Trump administration for refusing to cooperate with several House investigations into his business and family that Democrats are conducting.
[Opinion: Nadler’s show trial, not Barr, deserves to be held in contempt]
