1/ Trump asserted executive privilege over Robert Mueller’s full, unredacted report. Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr and the Justice Department advised Trump to make a “protective assertion of executive privilege� in response to Democratic plans to hold Barr in contempt of Congress over his refusal to turn over Mueller’s report or underlying materials to Congress. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Trump’s “decision [to assert privilege] represents a clear escalation in the Trump administration’s blanket defiance of Congress’s constitutionally mandated duties.� The move will not have a direct impact on possible testimony from Mueller, but it could limit the scope of what he can say by putting some subjects off limits. (ABC News / New York Times / Washington Post / Politico / CNN)

2/ The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over the full, unredacted Mueller report. “We are in a constitutional crisis,“Nadler said after the vote. “We are now in it.� However, Nadler added, impeachment “may not be the best answer.� The vote on contempt now heads to the full House. It is not immediately clear when that vote will be scheduled. If the full House follows the committee’s recommendation, it would be the second time in American history that a sitting attorney general would be held in contempt of Congress. (