ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/IRS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday [5-7-19] he does not want to throw Attorney General William Barr in jail but is ‘ready to do so,’…Doggett is one of the more liberal members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Democratic leadership of that committee has requested the IRS turn over the last six years of Trump’s tax returns. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected that request on Monday on advice from the Department of Justice, which is headed up by Barr. Doggett said the tactics being used by Trump to block House Democrats’ investigations makes it seem like he’s ‘almost begging for impeachment’…House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler scheduled a Wednesday [5-8-19] vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress after the Justice Department declined to comply with a subpoena and provide an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to Congress. The Justice Department last week said in a letter that the subpoena was ‘not legitimate oversight’’ and an ‘extraordinarily burdensome’ request. Barr skipped a scheduled hearing before the House Judiciary Committee last week after a dispute with House Democrats over the questioning format.”
–Kate Sullivan, “Democratic congressman says he is ‘ready’ to throw Barr in jail,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 7, 2019 11:39 pm