House GOP members voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt on Wednesday for refusing to deliver the audio recordings of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Biden.
The 216-207 vote fell along party lines.
“We have to defend the Constitution. We have to defend the authority of Congress,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a press conference ahead of the vote. “We can’t allow the Department of Justice and Executive Branch to hide information from Congress.”
This week, Attorney General Merrick Garland will be held in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a lawful subpoena.
We cannot allow the Department of Justice to hide information from Congress. pic.twitter.com/ccvk05tcMj
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) June 12, 2024
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) says the DOJ’s refusal to deliver the tapes means Garland is hiding something.
“There’s only one reason why the attorney general would do that. He doesn’t want us to hear it. That’s why,” Roy said on the House floor Wednesday. “And there’s really only two reasons why that would be the case – either the transcript doesn’t match the audio, or the audio is so bad that he doesn’t want us to hear it.”
More over at Fox News:
BREAKING: House votes to hold Garland in contempt, refer him for criminal charges at own DOJhttps://t.co/bEwAdMoDNy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 12, 2024
