Barr Snubs House Over Mueller as Tensions Soar After Senate Turn
- Decision follows contentious appearance before Senate panel
- Democrats blasted Barr as biased and called for him to resign
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Attorney General William Barr told the House Judiciary Committee that he won’t show up for a scheduled hearing Thursday about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Barr is “trying to blackmail the committee,” Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler told reporters Wednesday evening, saying that the executive branch doesn’t get to dictate the format of the hearing. Nadler added that he may issue a subpoena for the attorney general to show up if he doesn’t relent.