{"id":2265563,"date":"2024-06-11T22:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T02:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-tee-up-vote-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T22:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T02:33:18","slug":"house-republicans-tee-up-vote-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-tee-up-vote-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans prepare vote 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=\"&quot;\"><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-republicans-tee-up-vote-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=2265563&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>A key committee in \u2063the House of Representatives progressed a resolution to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, prepping \u200dit for \u200ba potential vote. This\u2064 action escalates ongoing\u2062 tensions between Congressional Republicans and the \u200bDepartment of Justice, intensified by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-smoking-out-political-retribution-by-prosecutors-in-trump-cases-speaker-johnson-says\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson accuses House GOP of uncovering \"political retribution\" in Trump cases\">recent guilty verdict<\/a>\u200d against Donald Trump in \u200ba\u2063 separate case. The contempt resolution stems from Garland&#8217;s refusal to submit audio recordings \u2062of an interview conducted by former special counsel Robert Hur \u200bwith \u2063President Joe Biden concerning \u200bthe handling of classified documents. House Republicans, asserting a need for these recordings\u2063 to\u2063 probe the\u200b integrity of Hur&#8217;s investigation and \u200cto advance their \u2064impeachment inquiry against Biden, criticize Garland for obstructing Congressional oversight.\u200d Although transcripts of\u200b the interview have \u200bbeen released, Republicans argue they are\u200d insufficient,\u2064 and accuse Garland of noncompliance with subpoenas. The resolution passed\u2063 the House Rules Committee \u200balong party lines and \u2062now faces a challenging vote in the full House.  <\/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>A key House panel advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3034239\/house-gop-jump-starts-push-garland-contempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in contempt of Congress<\/a>, teeing the measure up for a vote on Wednesday despite uncertainty over whether it can pass. <\/p>\n<p>The House Rules Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3007998\/speaker-johnson-chaotic-garland-contempt-hearing-regrettable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>approved the resolution<\/a> on Tuesday evening in a party-line vote, escalating a feud with the Department of Justice days after a Manhattan jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a>. If passed by the full House, the measure would refer Garland for criminal prosecution over his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden\u2019s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have dismissed the resolution as an attempt to dredge up the most politically explosive finding of the report: that Hur, investigating Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents, did not charge him in part because a jury would judge him to be a \u201cwell-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans insist the audio is needed to assess the integrity of Hur\u2019s investigation, plus carry out its impeachment inquiry into the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis continued refusal to comply with subpoenas hinders our ability to provide the oversight expected by the founders and demanded by our constituents,\u201d Rules Committee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) said in prepared remarks during the Rules Committee meeting. \u201cThe committees appearing before us today have articulated the impeachment and legislative purposes for their subpoenas related to special counsel Hur\u2019s interview of President Biden. They are acting well within the scope of our Article I responsibilities, yet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-auditor-general-looking-into-data-accuracy-regarding-coronavirus-nursing-home-deaths-report\/\" title=\"Michigan\u2019s Auditor General Looking Into Data Accuracy Regarding Coronavirus Nursing Home Deaths: Report\">attorney general refuses<\/a> to comply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has left us with no choice but to pursue contempt charges to preserve the spirit of congressional oversight and safeguard our delicate system of checks and balances,\u201d Burgess added.<\/p>\n<p>The vote to hold Garland in contempt comes after he rejected a subpoena from House Republicans in February to provide access to the audio recordings. The DOJ has already published the full transcripts of those interviews, arguing they are sufficient for Republicans\u2019 impeachment inquiry. The White House has also cited executive privilege.<\/p>\n<p>But top Republicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees have rejected the explanation, arguing the refusal \u201chas hindered the House\u2019s ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-jump-starts-push-to-hold-garland-in-contempt-of-congress\/\" title=\"House GOP initiates move to charge Garland with contempt of Congress\">adequately conduct oversight<\/a> 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>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>Lawmakers expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/11\/gop-garland-contempt-vote-doubt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>doubts<\/a> about whether there were the votes to pass the measure on Tuesday, but it was scheduled for a vote.<\/p>\n<p>Garland has called the idea that his agency was involved in the Trump hush money case, as Republicans claimed in a hearing last week, a \u201cconspiracy theory.\u201d The Manhattan district attorney carried out the prosecution of Trump in that trial, while the DOJ has separately charged Trump over his own handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese resolutions are not about Merrick Garland. They are about politics,\u201d Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-MA) said during Tuesday\u2019s hearing. \u201cThey are about trying to go after Joe Biden, which is all the majority has done since day one. \u2026 Transcripts of exactly what is on these recordings have already been released, so let\u2019s just be honest. This is simple: The reason Republicans are doing this is obvious to anyone with half a brain. This is a distraction from the fact their nominee for president is a convicted felon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The House Rules Committee also advanced the annual National Defense Authorization Act during its meeting on Tuesday, setting it up for a vote later this week. If passed, that bill would authorize\u00a0$895 billion for national defense discretionary programs.<\/p>\n<p>The NDAA typically passes without much fanfare and along party lines, although the measure could hit some snags as lawmakers attempt to attach <a href=\"https:\/\/rules.house.gov\/bill\/118\/hr-8070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hundreds of amendments<\/a> to the thousand-page document.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key House committee moved forward a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, setting up a Wednesday vote. Despite doubts about its passage, the House Rules Committee passed the resolution Tuesday evening along party lines, intensifying a conflict with the Department of Justice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2265564,"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\/AP24156601792326.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156601792326.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265563","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=2265563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}