{"id":2266486,"date":"2024-06-12T21:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T01:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-uses-special-counsel-report-to-repeatedly-hammer-merrick-garland-on-the-house-floor\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T01:13:12","slug":"watch-jim-jordan-uses-special-counsel-report-to-repeatedly-hammer-merrick-garland-on-the-house-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-uses-special-counsel-report-to-repeatedly-hammer-merrick-garland-on-the-house-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Jim Jordan Grills Merrick Garland with Special Counsel Report on House Floor"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwatch-jim-jordan-uses-special-counsel-report-to-repeatedly-hammer-merrick-garland-on-the-house-floor%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=2266486&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 summary provided outlines \u200ba situation where House Judiciary Committee Chairman\u2063 Jim \u200cJordan has actively defended\u200b the decision of the House to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt\u2063 of Congress. This arises from a scenario that began in \u2062February when Jordan, alongside House \u2063Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, issued a subpoena \u200cto the Department\u2062 of Justice demanding\u2064 both transcripts and audio recordings of interviews conducted\u200d by special counsel Robert Hur with President Joe Biden concerning his possession of classified materials from\u200c his previous roles.<\/p>\n<p>AG \u200cGarland complied by providing the transcripts but withheld the \u2062audio recordings following President Biden\u2019s \u200bassertion of executive privilege over these recordings. This led to\u2063 the House voting 216 to 207 \u2063to hold Garland in contempt.\u2062 Garland defended his actions, \u2062suggesting that releasing the \u2063audio recordings could jeopardize\u200b sensitive future investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Jordan\u2064 argued that access to\u2062 the audio recordings was essential for the House \u2062committees \u200bto assess whether the DOJ had \u200dacted \u2063justly in\u2064 not prosecuting President Biden, especially in the light of differing treatments seen in similar cases involving former President Donald Trump. The DOJ has been accused of altering the transcripts before their \u200brelease, a claim\u200c which further complicates \u2063the transparency of the\u200b case.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peter-navarro-pleads-not-guilty-to-contempt-of-congress-charges\/\" title=\"Peter Navarro Pleads Not Guilty to Contempt of Congress Charges\">executive privilege invoked<\/a> by President Biden and the potential covering of\u200d AG Garland from criminal exposure, it remains doubtful \u2064that Garland would face charges. This situation highlights \u2062the complexities and \u200cthe political intricacies involved in the handling of classified information and subsequent legal protections and privileges.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 12, 2024 at 5:14pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan argued Wednesday that the House was justified in voting to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Jordan and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/chairmen-comer-and-jordan-subpoena-doj-for-special-counsel-hur-investigation-documents%EF%BF%BC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subpoenaed<\/a> the DOJ for both the transcripts and audio recordings of special counsel Robert Hur\u2019s interviews with President Joe Biden regarding his retention of classified materials from his time as vice president and a U.S. senator from Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>Garland turned over the transcripts but refused to release the audio recordings, and last month Biden asserted executive privilege in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The House voted Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2024260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">216 to 207<\/a> to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the attorney general <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1791173869170196730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> reporters, \u201cWe have gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the committees get responses to their legitimate requests, but this is not one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the contrary this is one that would harm our ability in the future to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garland-under-threat-of-contempt-calls-house-gops-request-for-biden-tapes-illegitimate\/\" title=\"Garland, facing contempt threat, dismisses GOP's Biden tapes request as invalid\">successfully pursue sensitive investigations<\/a>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan said from the House floor ahead of the contempt vote, \u201cThe committees need the audio recordings to determine whether the Justice Department appropriately carried out justice by not prosecuting the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne former president\u2019s being charged, Joe Biden is not being [charged], and we think we\u2019re entitled \u2014 actually, we know we\u2019re entitled \u2014 to all the evidence, and the best evidence,\u201d he continued, in a reference to former President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-judge-hands-trump-massive-win-suspends-trial-classified-documents-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified documents case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kIJrEtCEtY8?si=pD_hEW1he40Pgx34\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Merrick Garland be held in contempt?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He noted the DOJ has already admitted in court documents to altering the transcripts, before they were released.<\/p>\n<p>An official said that the department took out \u201cfiller words,\u201d but asserted \u201cthe transcripts accurately capture the words spoken during the interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8WHITE HOUSE ADMITS THEY DOCTORED BIDEN\u2019S CRIMINAL TRANSCRIPT\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>After being forced into Federal court by us, the White House admits they altered evidence to make Biden appear less incompetent<\/p>\n<p>This case has been blown wide open <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lVHs5w4wPX\">https:\/\/t.co\/lVHs5w4wPX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xtIsPcVTV\">pic.twitter.com\/5xtIsPcVTV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oversight Project (@OversightPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightPR\/status\/1796744929634287809?\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDespite the committees\u2019 best efforts, the department has continued to withhold the audio recordings of those interviews without providing any constitutional or legal basis to do so,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, Biden asserted executive privilege over the audio recordings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a move that the department said effectively shields Attorney General Merrick Garland from any criminal exposure,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/biden-asserts-executive-privilege-audio-interview-special-counsel\/story?id=110298904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan argued that Biden had a financial motive to retain the classified materials to put together an autobiography.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker cited page 231 of Hur\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/storage\/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, which states Biden \u201chad strong motivations to do so and to ignore the rules for properly handling the classified information in his notebooks. He consulted the notebooks liberally during hours of discussions with his ghostwriter and viewed them as highly private and valued possessions with which he was unwilling to part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan explained that Biden \u201chad decided months before leaving office to write a book. A book for which he got paid $8 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut despite all this, special counsel Hur declined to prosecute \u2014 recommend prosecution \u2014 for President Biden, because Joe Biden is, quote, a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,\u2019\u201d Jordan said, reading from Hur\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman further spelled out in a social media post Wednesday why Congress needs the recordings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot completely assess Special Counsel Hur\u2019s recommendations and conclusions unless we have access to the audio recordings of the interview,\u201d Jordan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDOJ\u2019s claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-grants-house-oversight-committee-access-to-hunter-biden-reports\/\" title=\"Treasury grants House Oversight Committee access to Hunter Biden reports\">law enforcement interests<\/a> are at risk are especially weak here because the investigation is closed,\u201d he also noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why Congress needs the audio tapes of Robert Hur\u2019s interview of President Biden:<\/p>\n<p>1. The audio recording is the best evidence of what was said during the interview. Transcripts do not and cannot capture emphasis, inflection, intonation, nuance, pace, pauses, pitch, rhythm, tone,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1800945571286364443?\">June 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/06\/12\/congress\/house-gop-clears-garland-contempt-00163046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported, \u201cIt\u2019s unlikely Garland will face charges \u2014 a decision that\u2019s expected to be up to U.S. attorney Matthew Graves \u2014 particularly after Biden asserted executive privilege over the audio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graves is the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. He is the lead prosecutor overseeing the Jan. 6 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ did not accept the executive privilege claims made by former Trump White House aides Peter Navarro and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/stephen-k-bannon-indicted-contempt-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Bannon<\/a> when they refused to comply with subpoenas issued by the Jan. 6 committee.<\/p>\n<p>Graves\u2019 office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/former-white-house-advisor-convicted-contempt-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prosecuted<\/a> both of them in Washington, D.C., and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-donald-trumps-former-chief-strategist-steve-bannon-going-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navarro<\/a> is currently serving a four-month jail sentence, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-donald-trumps-former-chief-strategist-steve-bannon-going-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bannon<\/a> has been ordered to report to prison on July 1.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44657\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44657\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44657\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44657\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44657\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he joined the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book &#8220;We Hold These Truths&#8221; and screenwriter of the political documentary &#8220;I Want Your Money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Graduated dean&#8217;s list from West Point <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law <\/p>\n<p>  Books Written <\/p>\n<p>  We Hold These Truths <\/p>\n<p>  Professional Memberships <\/p>\n<p>  Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Entertainment, Faith <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan defended the House&#8217;s decision to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. 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