WASHINGTON ― House Republicans on Monday took U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to court over his refusal to hand over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur. The interview led Hur to describe Biden in a February report as “an elderly man with a poor memory.” Concerns about Biden’s mental […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel, asking the courts to enforce their subpoena and reject the White House’s effort to withhold the materials from Congress. The lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland wrote a Washington Post op-ed a couple of weeks ago, calling on congressional Republicans to start showing some partisan restraint. “Disagreements about politics are good for our democracy. They are normal,” the nation’s chief law enforcement official wrote. “But using conspiracy theories, falsehoods, violence and threats of violence to affect political […]
FORT PIERCE, Florida — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case grilled special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors Friday on how closely Attorney General Merrick Garland oversees their work. Under persistent questioning from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the prosecutors declined to divulge details and seemed caught off-guard by the inquiries. At one point, […]
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.) said Sunday that she wants the House to use the sergeant-at-arms, a provision that hasn’t been used in more than a century, to enforce the contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland. Luna was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” where she […]
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday told Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson that it would decline to pursue criminal contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Merrick Garland, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The letter comes just two days after the Republican-controlled House voted along […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department confirmed Friday, as expected, that Attorney General Merrick Garland will not face charges after House Republicans voted to hold him in contempt of Congress for declining to provide audiotapes of President Joe Biden that are protected by executive privilege. “As you know, the President asserted executive privilege and directed the […]
WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department said Friday it wouldn’t prosecute U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for not giving lawmakers audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel. House Republicans approved a contempt of Congress citation against Garland for allegedly defying their subpoena, but the department said in a letter to House Speaker Mike […]
FILE – Attorney General Merrick Garland answers a question from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, while testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing […]
You and Leader Scalise talked about the importance of Merrick Garland complying with a congressional subpoena. I’m curious, since Chairman Jordan and four other colleagues declined to do that under the January 6th Committee, if you worry that undermines the argument at all? Oh, I’m so glad you brought up the January 6th Committee. We’ll […]
Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), the lone Republican to vote against a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, says his colleagues’ move only serves to “further politicize our judicial system.” “As a former prosecutor, I cannot in good conscience support a resolution that would further politicize our judicial system to score […]
As the Republican Party’s broader offensive against the Justice Department and federal law enforcement intensifies, Attorney General Merrick Garland wrote a Washington Post op-ed this week, calling on some partisan restraint. “Disagreements about politics are good for our democracy. They are normal,” the nation’s chief law enforcement official wrote. “But using conspiracy theories, falsehoods, violence […]