House Republicans plan to move forward with contempt against Attorney General Merrick Garland

[BumRushDaShow]

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 Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur, a source familiar with the committee’s 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 counsel’s 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."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-plan-move-forward-contempt-attorney-general-merrick-rcna150937

[Lovie777]

1. Please stop........................

[getagrip_already]

2. I wonder....

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]

7. Garland should appoint a special prosecutor for each Republican Representative and Republican Senator to investigate

their participation in the January 6th, 2021 Innsurrection.

[crickets]

3. Oh, good grief. The performative BS meter just pegged and shattered. 🙄 nt

[AllaN01Bear]

13. my redundant bs meters went that way too also.

[FakeNoose]

4. They've got 99 urgent things to do, and impeaching Garland isn't one of them

[bahboo]

5. ah...doing the people's work again I see....

[thesquanderer]

6. Maybe this can provide some motivation for Garland to not be so deferential to Republicans...

..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]

8. Time for Merrick Garland to investigate house republicans

and Gym Jordan for their traitorous roles on January 6th.

[LiberalFighter]

9. They want the audio to use in campaign ads.

[cstanleytech]

10. Funny, I have nothing but contempt *for* House Republicans.

[AllaN01Bear]

11. hey some of you republicans , 3 years and counting since you refused to testify. isnt it past your jailtime ?

[Beastly Boy]

12. I can only imagine how disheartening it is to learn

that the House Republicans are in the business of gratuitously bashing Garland too...

[Martin68]

14. They just don't when to fold a losing hand.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Who cares what this utterly worthless House does?

Let's just ignore them until November.

[Hotler]

16. He doesn't have time for that shit, he's got a book to finish. Word is it will be three volumes with the Forward by

Justice Aileen Cannon.