Trump asserts privilege on full Mueller report as Dems vote to hold AG in contempt

President Donald Trump on Wednesday asserted executive privilege concerning the full, unredacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller just as Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, led by chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler, were voting to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not turning over the unredacted report and underlying materials in response to a committee subpoena.

The contempt vote and the executive privilege assertion are the first moves in a process to censure the attorney general and fight for the documents in court. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the top Republican on the panel, said Democrats were moving ten times faster to condemn Barr than Republicans did to hold then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over a subpoena for DOJ documents in 2012.

Nadler responded in a statement Tuesday night, saying"in the middle of good faith negotiations with the Attorney General, the Department abruptly announced that it would instead ask President Trump to invoke executive privilege on all of the materials subject to our subpoena. This is, of course, not how executive privilege works. The White House waived these privileges long ago, and the Department seemed open to sharing these materials with us earlier today.

'It's not contempt, I just don't respect your authority to require that I do anything'

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They are trying so hard to hide even though they say everything is fine. Suspicious much?

That’s so weird how they are so afraid of a report that supposedly totally exonerates Trump.

So not how it works. Recall when Trump thought he had attorney-client privilege w/Cohen. 😂😂😂 not to hide crimes you don’t & not all convos w/attorney get privilege. Guess Trump didn’t learn then, but Barr has no excuse here. FL bar looking at Gaetz, how about it VA bar?

Barr and Trump, what A$$es ...impinging on our Democracy. John Dowd the President’s attorney long ago WAIVED ALL executive privilege over all materials & WH staff testifying to CONGRESS re: Mueller Report. HouseJudiciary RepJerryNadler FoxNews MSNBC TheHill MuellerReport

Take it to court. He has no executive privilege over grand jury testimony.

Great article from Lawfare Blog on this:

The end of trump(hopefully)

Nah, Republicans aren't hiding anything.

I stopped reading immediately when I saw Nadler referred to as 'honorable'.

carolekingnyc And how does he plan to claim executive privilege over evidence tied to events that occurred before he was POTUS?

'I have proclaimed that I am rubber and you are glue- everything is YOUR fault.'

Don't preach transparency when you pull shit like this. Smh.

Build that wall against those wasteful Excuses of so called millionaires “Democrats “ TeamTrump‼️🇺🇸

They were trying to force Barr to break the law so... yeah. Totally justified.

Misleading headline. House is grandstanding with threat to hold AG in contempt for not doing something that would be illegal for him to do.

Thank you Mr. President.

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PEOPLE OF AMERICA IF THIS DOES NOT SHOW YOU HOW BAD TRUMP IS NOTHING WILL PLEASE BE ADVIDE AMERICA IS NOT AMERICA ANYMORE IT IS TRUMP ALL TRUMP AND YOU ALL ARE LETTING THIS HAPPEN

The cover up is happening right in front of our faces with a big middle finger to the constitution.Damn Republicans what the hell happened to you? Where's your morals now? Where your beliefs in the constitution? You sold your souls and integrity.

The material is already out there duh!!! The redacted Mueller report is out there this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of sweet Lord and these morons are running The DOJ and whitehouse unbelievable nationoflaws NoOneIsAboveTheLaw

Take it to court. The conservatives on the panel should side with the constitution and the separation of powers of coequal branches of government.

Dems in Congress 2016: A congressional investigation is partisan and inadequate. Must have a special counsel. Mueller report does not indict Trump Dems in Congress in 2019: We must have a congressional investigation. Mueller WitchHunt

Yea! This Proves the President has something to hide! Because he's blocking it! This president is breaking the law, and is trying to evade prosucution!! Hello?

Too bad the Barr arm of the DOJ was not cooperating or negotiating.

wsbtv Welcome to the 5% of the population who still cares about this thread

Well done, Trump. Subpoenas are nothing more than tantrums by democrats.

What a joke. The radical socialist democrats are desperate. More of the house of clowns.

Good now move on to policy!!! We are done here! If Mueller had anything he should have done something!

Yeah, too bad democratic lawyers dont know the law. They cant have full report cause its illegal to release classified info

Nothing to see here...

TOTAL WASTE OF MY TAX MONEY. DEMIRATS SO DESPERATE... THEY KNOW TRUMP WILL WIN 2020

'You insist on doing your job and full transparency, we are going to block your access to the subpoenaed materials!' Well that's a novel position. We need to be rid of this dictator, now, forever. It's almost about time for the full force of the American people to march on 1600.

realDonaldTrump what do you have to hide?

Entirety, not entirely.

He will do anything he can to hide the truth. Put that fat ass Barr in jail for contempt.

LATEST: As the House Judiciary Committee begins a hearing to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, President Trump asserts executive privilege 'over the entirely of the subpoenaed materials,' according to a letter from the Department of Justice.

DESPERATE & DESPICABLE

The selective outrage by people amazes me

I thought he was totally exonerated? If he was, what does he have to hide? 🤔

😔

Good!

This whole administration and republicans need to be removed for not allowing oversight of this President!!! If we do no hold him accountable our democracy is in trouble!!! Trup is a criminal and turning our democracy into a joke with Putin running our government!!

Why? I thought it was a complete and total exoneration. And he exerts this over an investigation that involved HIM and HIS campaign? And his family? Such a dangerous path for our democracy.

Thank you President Trump!! MOVE ON!!

impeach

.. so are we supposed to delete the downloaded PDF file..? 🤔

PoliticalOverreach

AMERICANS realDonaldTrump MUST BE IMPEACHED!!!---

Can he legally do that?

that’s not how this works

Trump is a tyrant

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