The House Judiciary Committee has lined up whistleblowers to testify about alleged political interference inside the DOJ as AG William Barr continues to rebuff efforts by the panel to reschedule testimony he committed to in March
The House Judiciary Committee has lined up whistleblowers to testify about alleged political interference inside the Justice Department, committee aides told POLITICO on Tuesday,
A Justice Department spokesperson said officials informed the Judiciary Committee late Monday that Barr could not testify because of White House orders prohibiting cabinet officials from testifying to Congress without approval from White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. It's unclear if Barr sought Meadows' approval for a waiver from the prohibition on testimony.
"I am not going to spend months litigating a subpoena with an Attorney General who has already spent years resisting the courts and legitimate congressional oversight—but neither will we stand by and allow Mr. Barr to continue to corrupt the Department," Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a statement. "We do not take these actions lightly or with any sense of joy.
Democrats have been eager for more than a year to grill Barr about a growing list of topics — from Barr's handling of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to abrupt reversals in the prosecution and sentencing of allies of President Donald Trump, including Flynn and the president’s longtime confidant
It's unclear whom the Judiciary Committee has lined up for its pending "whistleblower" hearing, but Barr's involvement in the prosecutions of Flynn and
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