ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats, threatening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress, tried on Friday [5-3-19] to revive negotiations with the Justice Department over a subpoena for Robert S. Mueller III’s full report and its underlying evidence. They offered to prioritize some material under subpoena over others and raised the possibility of limiting their request for the underlying evidence. At the same time, they asked the Justice Department to reconsider allowing all members of Congress to view a less-redacted version of his report. In a letter to Mr. Barr, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the Judiciary Committee chairman, gave the department until Monday [5-6-19] to respond and said his committee would proceed with a contempt of Congress vote if the two sides could not agree. The Justice Department declined to meet Mr. Nadler’s initial deadline this week amid an escalating war between the legislative and executive branches over the Democrats’ investigations of the Trump presidency.”
–Nicholas Fandos and Charlie Savage, “Democrats Try to Revive Talks Over Full Mueller Report as Contempt Vote Looms,” The New York Times online, May 3, 2019