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Politics
Griffin Eckstein

House Committee: Garland in contempt

In yet another political attack on Biden cabinet officials, House Republicans are advancing a motion to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress

The 18-14 House Judiciary Committee vote along party lines comes as the Biden Administration moved to keep audio recordings from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s conversation with the president under executive privilege. Per the GOP, Garland, a one-time nominee for the Supreme Court, should have handed over the audio despite executive privilege. 

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