Two House committees will kick off contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland on May 16.
Despite subpoenas compelling his cooperation, Mr. Garland has refused to provide House impeachment investigators with the recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden over his handling of classified documents.
As a result, members of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Accountability committees will begin marking up two different resolutions to hold him in contempt of Congress on Thursday at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively.
“The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees issued lawful subpoenas to Attorney General Garland for the audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Hur, yet he continues to defy our subpoenas,” Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a May 13 statement….
