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Author Mark Zwonitzer defied a House GOP subpoena for the recordings of his interviews with the president.
A DOJ official said that Mr. Garland’s refusal to comply with a subpoena ‘did not constitute a crime.’
House Republicans sought audio tapes of the president’s interviews with special counsel Hur. Biden has invoked executive privilege over the tapes.
The attorney general has failed to turn over subpoenaed recordings of Biden’s interview with special counsel Hur to two House committees.
The move comes just hours before the two House panels are set to begin drafting a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt.
He expects his appeal will set up “one of the most important landmark constitutional cases in our history regarding the constitutional separation of powers.”
The change of tone comes as the first son’s lawyer offered cooperation with a new subpoena after his client’s non-compliance with an earlier one.
Republican House members are posing new questions about whether the president or other members of the Biden administration coordinated with Hunter Biden.
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress by a federal jury on Sept. 7.
Former Trump aide Peter Navarro said the U.S. Department of Justice doesn’t want to offer him a plea bargain, as his trial on congressional contempt charges got underway.
