2 House Panels Clear Contempt Resolutions Against AG Garland
18th May 2024
Republicans on two House committees voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Thursday night despite President Joe Biden’s intervention to block them from obtaining his recorded interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.
After a spirited debate, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted 18–15 on May 16 to approve a resolution to hold Mr. Garland in contempt for refusing to provide impeachment investigators with the recordings in defiance of congressional subpoenas.
The House Oversight Committee followed suit hours later, voting 24-20 to approve their own resolution.
As Eric Holder demonstrated, being held in contempt of Congress don’t mean shit.