Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives during her weekly press conference on Thursday morning. Pelosi is asserting that Attorney General Robert Barr has committed a crime by lying to Congress.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that "nothing is off table" when asked about impeaching Attorney General William Barr.
Pelosi's comments at a Washington Post event come hours before the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee is set to hold a vote on whether to hold Barr in contempt for the Justice Department's refusal to give Congress special counsel Robert Mueller's full, unredacted Russia report and its underlying evidence.
Pelosi, the top-ranking Democrat in the House, also said at the Post's event Wednesday morning that she believes Barr ought to be held in contempt.
"Yes, I think that the attorney general should be held in contempt," she said.
When the Post asked Pelosi, "Is impeachment of Mr. Barr on the table?" she responded: "Well, nothing is off the table."
"I wish everyone would take a deep breath and be almost prayerful about this," Pelosi added.
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