Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay a House vote scheduled for Wednesday evening holding them in criminal contempt of Congress for not complying with census-related subpoenas.
The letter reiterated claims by the administration — made in previous back-and-forths about the subpoenas — that it could not turn over the requested documents due to legal privileges that have been asserted for them.
“There is no information to hide; there are institutional integrities to preserve,” the letter said
They are asking for the Wednesday vote to be postponed so that the negotiations around the subpoena can continue.
Read their letter below:
The delaying tactic isn’t going to work. They’re going to fold, eventually. This means that both Ross and Barr are thinking about a post-Trump survival.
They aren’t negotiating. They’re stalling. To what end, though? Barr has already proven himself a lackey, and Ross is clueless.
I wish Pelosi would tell them, “If you don’t like the way we do things in an American democracy, why don’t you two go back to where you came from. You know, Trump’s ass.”
The WH and the DOJ would like to delay this vote till after the election because Article II powers say we can.
And I am sure she will . But many here will declare victory.