Democrats launch contempt action against US attorney general

US House Democrats scheduled a Wednesday vote on whether to hold the nation's top law enforcement official in contempt for failing to produce a full, unredacted special counsel's report on Russian election interference.Monday's rare and dramatic move against Attorney General Bill Barr, a sitting cabinet official, intensifies the showdown between President Donald Trump and the Democrats who control the House of Representatives and are seeking to hold him to account for what they say was improper