House impeachment investigators have threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress unless he hands over the recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden and his ghostwriter.
The attorney general has thus far failed to provide the recordings in defiance of two subpoenas issued by Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Comer (R-Ky.), chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Accountability committees.
On April 15, the Republicans warned Mr. Garland that his response to those subpoenas “remains inadequate,” and accused him of stonewalling to protect the president from political embarrassment.
“Your refusal to comply with the subpoena’s legal obligation appears to be yet another unfortunate example of the Department refusing to abide by the same standards it requires of other Americans,” the congressmen wrote in a letter first obtained by the Daily Caller….
