House Republicans plan to move forward with contempt against Attorney General Merrick Garland
Source: NBC News
May 6, 2024, 4:02 PM EDT
WASHINGTON The House Judiciary Committee plans to prepare a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over the audio of President Joe Bidens interview with former special counsel Robert Hur, a source familiar with the committees plans confirms to NBC News.
The committee is currently planning to hold a "markup" for the contempt resolution on May 16, after which the panel could vote to refer the issue to the full House for a vote.
Biden sat for a lengthy interview with Hur as part of the then-special counsels investigation into the president's handling of classified documents. In his final report, Hur decided against pursuing charges against Biden but described the president as an elderly man with a poor memory who would be sympathetic to a jury, infuriating the White House and Biden's allies.
House Republicans have repeatedly pressed the Justice Department for the audio of the interview, but those requests have been denied. DOJ provided the committees conducting the impeachment inquiry into Biden a full transcript of his interview and said Republicans haven't explained why the audio is necessary, accusing them of seeking investigative material to "serve political purposes that should have no role in the treatment of law enforcement files."
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Lovie777
(14,513 posts)getagrip_already
(17,035 posts)If he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether he should be charged, given the inherent conflict of interest should a referral be handed down?
After all, that is what he did to both bidens.
Traurigkeit
(1,290 posts)their participation in the January 6th, 2021 Innsurrection.
crickets
(26,146 posts)AllaN01Bear
(22,806 posts)FakeNoose
(35,233 posts)bahboo
(16,869 posts)thesquanderer
(12,277 posts)..and what a typical boneheaded Republican House move, let's unnecessarily antagonize the guy who's in a position to make things easier or harder for us.
Emile
(28,509 posts)and Gym Jordan for their traitorous roles on January 6th.
LiberalFighter
(53,353 posts)cstanleytech
(26,896 posts)AllaN01Bear
(22,806 posts)Beastly Boy
(10,978 posts)that the House Republicans are in the business of gratuitously bashing Garland too...
Martin68
(24,379 posts)sinkingfeeling
(52,852 posts)Let's just ignore them until November.
Hotler
(11,942 posts)Justice Aileen Cannon.