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Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt
Updated On: 26 March, 2024 08:10 AM IST | Washington | AP
Hur said that he found insufficient evidence to make a case that would stand up in court
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House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden`s handling of classified documents. In a letter on Monday -- obtained by AP -- Reps James Comer and Jim Jordan demanded that Garland comply with the subpoena the two Republican chairmen sent last month as part of their emerging investigation into Special Counsel Robert Hur`s decision not to charge the president.
Comer, chair of the Oversight Committee, and Jordan, chair of the Judiciary Committee, ordered the Justice Department to turn over the unredacted audio and transcripts of Hur`s hourslong interviews with Biden and his ghostwriter by April 8. "If you fail to do so, the Committees will consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings," the two lawmakers wrote. The threat is the latest escalation between Republicans and the GOP-appointed federal prosecutor who appeared before lawmakers two weeks ago for a more than four-hour interrogation surrounding his 345-page report that questioned Biden`s age and mental competence but ultimately recommended no criminal charges for the 81-year-old president. Hur said that he found insufficient evidence to make a case that would stand up in court.
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