House Republicans are advancing efforts to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Two Republican-led House committees have voted to move forward with resolutions against Garland for defying requests for audio recordings from the classified documents case involving President Biden. If successful, Garland would be the third attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress. Representative Luna has indicated plans to bring an inherent contempt motion to the floor if the Department of Justice does not act following the vote. Luna's motion was filed on May 7. The House could vote on the contempt resolution as soon as next week.
FYI, the House has the constitutional power to arrest AG Garland for contempt of Congress.... https://t.co/RXTQAR5eEJ
The House could vote as soon as next week on a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland. https://t.co/ekNzOwxzCB
ARREST GARLAND? The House has inherent contempt authority to detain individuals in order to ensure compliance with a House subpoena. This power can and should be exercised against Attorney General Garland. The Biden Justice Department can separately pursue a criminal referral for…
ARREST GARLAND? The House has inherent contempt authority to detain individuals in order to ensure compliance with a House subpoena. This power can and should be exercised against Attorney General. The Biden Justice Department can separately pursue a criminal referral for…
Two Republican-led House committees voted to advance resolutions holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for defying its request for audio recordings from the classified documents case against President Biden. https://t.co/FYYpWgJJBa
The AG and Biden (@POTUS) do not have the authority to tell Congress what we can and cannot see. If the DOJ does not do their job after we vote to hold Garland in criminal contempt, I will bring my inherent contempt motion to the floor. It was filed May 7 and I can call it up at…
If House Republicans' efforts against Merrick Garland are successful, he will become the third attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress. https://t.co/e3SbdqNsRg