Democrats edge closer to holding Barr in contempt after attorney general skips Mueller hearing

Democrats are edging closer to holding the attorney general of the United States in contempt of Congress, after William Barr ditched testimony in which he was expected to discuss his controversial handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report.The threats to hold Mr Barr in contempt followed shortly after House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler gaveled in a nearly empty hearing on the report Thursday morning, and Democrats began decrying what they see as an administrati