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Paul Blest
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News editor, Splinter

“We are now in a constitutional crisis,” House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler reportedly said following the committee’s vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt today. So, I guess it’s official, folks: the government is broken. We broke it.
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The New York State Senate passed two bills today, one to authorize the state tax commissioner to release returns requested by Congress and the other eliminating a loophole giving those who’ve been pardoned at the federal level immunity from state prosecutors. Wonder if they have anyone in mind. Read more

The House Judiciary Committee plans to vote Wednesday on holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt for failing to hand over the unredacted Mueller report. If the full House follows, it’d be the first time a sitting cabinet member was held in contempt since Eric Holder. Read more

The gloves have been off between the two frontrunners in the nascent Democratic presidential primary since the day