Yeah, no, he wasn’t under subpoena and wasn’t required to appear.
Via Daily Caller:
Rep. Steve Cohen called for Attorne General William Barr to be detained by the U.S. House Sergeant-at-Arms for contempt of Congress and forced to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
The Tennessee Democrat made the remarks during a conversation with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Friday night.
Cooper introduced the segment by pointing out Cohen’s “chicken Barr” stunt on Thursday after the attorney general failed to comply with his committee’s request to appear. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler has threatened contempt proceedings if Barr doesn’t appear on Monday.
“I have no reason to believe they’ll do anything that is in keeping with the traditions of the relationship between the executive and the judicial as equal branches of government,” Cohen said, responding to Cooper’s question about how he thinks Barr will respond. “I think they will stonewall at all costs because they — they know that they can’t give up information and data or the president will be exposed for the type of person and the actions he’s undertaken.”