2 House Panels Clear Contempt Resolutions Against AG Garland

The attorney general has failed to turn over subpoenaed recordings of Biden’s interview with special counsel Hur to two House committees.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Republicans on two House committees voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Thursday night despite President Joe Biden’s intervention to block them from obtaining his recorded interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.

After a spirited debate, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted 18–15 on May 16 to approve a resolution to hold Mr. Garland in contempt for refusing to provide impeachment investigators with the recordings in defiance of congressional subpoenas.