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LBN thread: House Democrats to hold contempt vote Wednesday after Barr misses deadline

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Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Justice Department proposes Nadler talks

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress and the special counsel’s Russia probe (all times local):

2:40 p.m.

The Justice Department is proposing a meeting to reach an “acceptable accommodation” with the House Judiciary Committee after the chairman scheduled a vote to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress for not producing special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report.

Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd proposed the meeting for Wednesday, the same day as the contempt vote.

The Justice Department released a redacted version of Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation last month.

But House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., issued a subpoena for the full, unredacted report and underlying investigative documents and set a Monday deadline, which the Justice Department did not meet.

Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec says the agency will “continue to engage in good faith” with the committee.

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