{"id":2284772,"date":"2024-06-27T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-vote-to-advance-contempt-against-bidens-ghostwriter-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:31:16","slug":"house-republicans-vote-to-advance-contempt-against-bidens-ghostwriter-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-vote-to-advance-contempt-against-bidens-ghostwriter-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans vote to advance contempt against Biden\u2019s ghostwriter &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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-vote-to-advance-contempt-against-bidens-ghostwriter-washington-examiner%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=2284772&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>House Republicans have taken a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-psaki-grilled-by-reporters-over-aide-who-allegedly-threatened-sexually-harassed-reporter\/\" title=\"WATCH: Psaki Grilled By Reporters Over Aide Who Allegedly Threatened, Sexually Harassed Reporter\">significant step<\/a> towards\u200c holding Mark Zwonitzer, the ghostwriter of Joe\u2064 Biden&#8217;s \u200b2017 \u200dmemoir &#8220;Promise Me, Dad,&#8221; in\u200d contempt of Congress. The House Judiciary Committee voted along party\u200b lines to move a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bannon-goes-off-in-post-verdict-presser-gutless-show-trial-committee\/\" title=\"Bannon Goes Off In Post Verdict Presser: \u2018Gutless \u2026 Show Trial Committee\u2019\">contempt resolution<\/a> to the full\u2064 House for \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-explode-at-each-other-over-infrastructure-stalemate-its-the-effing-progressives\/\" title=\"Dems Explode At Each Other Over Infrastructure Stalemate: \u2018It\u2019s The Effing Progressives!\u2019\">forthcoming vote<\/a>, with all opposed\u2062 votes \u200ccoming from committee \u2064Democrats. This action follows a \u2064subpoena issued in February \u2063demanding Zwonitzer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">house<\/a>-republicans-launch-investigation-into-epa-officials-continued-ties-with-chinese-government-controlled-university\/&#8221; title=&#8221;EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Launch Investigation Into EPA Official\u2019s Continued Ties With Chinese Government-Controlled University&#8221;>provide records related<\/a>\u2064 to his work on the memoir, after revelations that Biden may\u200d have\u2064 disclosed classified\u200c information to him. If\u2062 the full House passes the resolution, Zwonitzer will be\u200d referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution due to \u2062his\u200c non-compliance with the subpoena.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>House Republicans took a key step on Thursday toward holding Mark Zwonitzer, the ghostwriter of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s memoir, in contempt of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Congress\">Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The House Judiciary Committee voted on party lines to advance a contempt resolution for Zwonitzer to the full House for a vote. All committee Democrats opposed the measure.<\/p>\n<p>If the full House were to pass the resolution, Zwonitzer would be referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>The House had asked through the subpoena in February for Zwonitzer, who helped write Biden\u2019s 2017 memoir <em>Promise Me, Dad<\/em>, to provide records related to his work on the book.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The request came after former special counsel Robert Hur revealed in his report this year that Biden had disclosed classified information to Zwonitzer.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney for Zwonitzer did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans advanced a contempt resolution against Mark Zwonitzer, ghostwriter of President Biden&#8217;s memoir, to a full House vote. 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