House Judiciary Committee vote comes after President Trump asserts executive privilege over Mueller material.

The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt as the Democratic-led chamber and President Trump continued on a collision course over special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The fight is now expected to head to federal court and a legal battle with few precedents. The dispute centers around the Mueller report and its underlying evidence—some of which the Justice Department says it cannot legally provide because, in part, it involves grand-jury testimony that is secret. Democrats on the judiciary panel subpoenaed the documents last month—saying it was necessary for Congress to independently examine the material and the basis for Mr. Mueller’s findings. The special counsel’s report concluded after nearly two years of investigation that there was no coordination or conspiracy between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia to affect the results of the 2016 election. But Mr. Mueller decided not to pursue an obstruction charge

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