{"id":2264018,"date":"2024-06-10T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-jump-starts-push-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:23:52","slug":"house-gop-jump-starts-push-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-jump-starts-push-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP initiates move to charge Garland with contempt of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-gop-jump-starts-push-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2264018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. House of Representatives \u200cis preparing to\u200b initiate a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. This move comes in response to Garland&#8217;s refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by House Republicans, who are demanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-gaetz-names-ex-doj-official-he-claims-tried-to-extort-millions-promised-biden-pardon\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Gaetz Names Ex-DOJ Official He Claims Tried To Extort Millions, Promised Biden Pardon\">audio recordings<\/a> of President Joe Biden\u2019s interview \u200cwith former special counsel \u200dRobert Hur. These recordings are sought as part of an investigation into Biden\u2019s management of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-arrested-five-things-to-know-for-tuesdays-classified-documents-court-hearing\/\" title=\"Key points for Tuesday's classified documents court hearing involving Donald Trump's arrest.\">classified\u2063 documents<\/a>. The Justice Department has already provided written transcripts of the interviews, which it believes should\u2063 suffice for the \u2063Republicans&#8217; impeachment inquiry. Additionally, the White House\u2063 has invoked \u200cexecutive privilege in this \u200cmatter. Despite this, House committees involved contend\u2063 that the lack of\u200d access to\u200d the audio recordings obstructs their oversight and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-says-there-are-republicans-already-trying-to-shut-down-biden-impeachment\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz Says There Are Republicans Already Trying to Shut Down Biden Impeachment\">impeachment inquiries<\/a>. A \u2063vote will likely take place in the full House following a\u2063 discussion in the Rules b\u00e1sicoCommittee.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The House will move forward this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3008247\/contempt-congress-garland-hur-audio-house-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>with a resolution<\/a> to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, escalating a feud with the Justice Department days after a Manhattan jury found former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> guilty of falsifying business records.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans are set to consider the resolution, which would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3007998\/speaker-johnson-chaotic-garland-contempt-hearing-regrettable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>refer Garland<\/a> for criminal prosecution to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, in the Rules Committee on Tuesday, nearly a month after it advanced to the House floor. A vote by the full House would then be held as soon as Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The vote to hold Garland in contempt comes after the top Justice Department official rejected a subpoena from House Republicans to provide access to audio recordings of President Joe Biden\u2019s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur. The committee subpoenaed Garland for those tapes in February as part of an investigation into Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ has already published the full written transcripts of those interviews, arguing they are sufficient for Republicans\u2019 impeachment inquiry into Biden.\u00a0The White House has also cited executive privilege.<\/p>\n<p>But top Republicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees have rejected the explanation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CRPT-118hrpt527\/pdf\/CRPT-118hrpt527.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>arguing the refusal<\/a> \u201chas hindered the House\u2019s ability to adequately conduct oversight over Special Counsel Hur regarding his investigative findings and the President\u2019s retention and disclosure of classified materials and impeded the Committees\u2019 impeachment inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden faced a federal investigation over his handling of classified documents, but Hur decided not to charge him, arguing in part that a jury would find Biden to be a \u201cwell-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A vote to hold Garland in contempt will force Biden-district Republicans into an uncomfortable position in an election year. GOP leaders are dealing with a two-vote majority, meaning the margin of error will be slim as they bring the legislation to the floor. <\/p>\n<p>The dispute is also likely to be pursued in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3026856\/garland-square-off-house-gop-trump-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lengthy court process<\/a> that could extend well past the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The contempt resolution comes days after Garland appeared for a contentious hearing in which House Republicans accused his agency of orchestrating politically motivated investigations against Trump to hurt his election chances in November.<\/p>\n<p>Garland called the idea that his agency was involved in the Trump hush money case, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-citizens-facing-lengthy-jail-time-for-accidentally-taking-firearms-into-mexico\/\" title=\"U.S. Citizens Facing Lengthy Jail Time For Accidentally Taking Firearms Into Mexico\">local prosecution<\/a>, a \u201cconspiracy theory.\u201d The Justice Department has separately charged Trump over his own handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has responded to the Manhattan case, plus others by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia and New York Attorney General Letitia James, by requesting fiscal 2025 funding cuts for \u201cpoliticized prosecutions from state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-to-press-garland-on-abuses-before-judiciary-committee\/\" title=\"House Republicans will question Garland on 'abuses' in front of Judiciary Committee\">local prosecutors engaged<\/a> in lawfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other GOP lawmakers have also called for the defunding of special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s office, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has previously introduced legislation to cut off funding to his investigation into Trump.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the House plans to advance a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. This action intensifies a dispute with the Justice Department following a Manhattan jury&#8217;s guilty verdict for former President Donald Trump on charges of falsifying business records. House Republicans will review the resolution referring Garland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2264019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156602807379.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156602807379.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}