House holds Merrick Garland in contempt over special counsel’s Biden tapes
By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Updated: 5:27 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, 2024
The House voted along party lines to hold President Biden’s attorney general in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio tapes of a memory-challenged Mr. Biden answering questions about his illegal stash of classified documents.
The GOP-led House had initially wavered about holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt amid pushback by Republican moderates running for reelection in districts Mr. Biden won in 2020.
All but one Republican lawmaker ultimately voted to rebuke Mr. Garland for blocking the release of audio tapes, which Republicans say are needed to complete their impeachment inquiry into Mr. Biden.
“Congress has a constitutional duty to perform oversight which is what we’re doing,” Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, said. “We’re in the middle of an impeachment inquiry, which has been voted on by the House already. And now we need to get the facts.”
The contempt resolution, which passed 216-207, will be referred to Mr. Garland’s Justice Department, which is all but certain to ignore it.
The contempt resolution also authorized lawmakers to sue in federal court for the release of the audio, a process that could take months or longer.
Mr. Biden is under investigation by House lawmakers for corruption related to his involvement in his family’s business deals.
Separately, Mr. Biden was interviewed by Special Counsel Robert K. Hur last Oct. 8 and 9 as part of an investigation of the president’s stash of classified documents taken during his time in the Senate and the vice presidency.
Republicans say the transcript of the interview released by the Justice Department is not enough, noting that it includes redaction and unspecified changes.
Lawmakers say the audio tapes would reveal “important verbal context, such as tone or tenor, or nonverbal context, such as pauses or pace of delivery.”
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