Posted on 06/20/2024 5:01:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan predicted on Thursday that the contempt case against Attorney General Merrick Garland will go to court, now that the Justice Department (DOJ) said it would not charge him.
The DOJ said last week that Garland's refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena does not "constitute a crime." The subpoena instructed Garland to turn over an audio recording of President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents. The House has voted to hold Garland in contempt.
Jordan said he believes the House has a strong case in court, because the House had a formal vote to enter an impeachment phase against Garland, which includes access to evidence such as the audio recording.
"We [also] believe the privilege that they're asserting, was, in fact waived when Robert Hur gave us the full report that Merrick Garland okayed for him to turn over to us," Jordan said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast. "We think if you've given us a transcript, we want the best evidence, which is the audio tape itself, and you've waived any privilege on what might have been said in those communications. So we think it'll go, but the problem is, it just takes a while in court to get that to happen."
The comment comes after House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to certify the contempt order last week, and turn it over to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for prosecution. Johnson also slammed the DOJ's decision as "another example" of the Biden administration's two-tiered system of justice, after the department previously "prosecuted Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for the same thing."
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I appreciate the effort, but lemme guess, a DC court. Gee, maybe a New York court, huh?
I’ll bet the vast majority of Americans would love to see
Garland locked up in Gitmo
It is a Constitutional crisis between two equal branches; the Congress and the Executive. It has to be resolved maybe at the highest court.
Can’t escape the irony that they exert executive privilege for refusing to comply while locking up Bannon and Navarro for exercising the same privilege. Which is probably even more valid as the POTUS can exert privilege over advice and counsel. Can the DOJ use its discretion not to prosecute itself? Especially as Jordan says, it already waived privilege.
But that isn’t the point. The point is to bury the tape at least until after the election. On that front they already won.
The executive privilege asserted by Brandon and his minions is horse hockey. Being interviewed by a Special Prosecutor investigating the President for crimes is not an official job duty of the President of the United States of America, therefore, the privilege does not apply at all in this case.
Agreed 100%. I tried and failed to make that point. Thanks for spelling it out clearly.
Agree, with slight change - I would love to see Garland WATERBOARDED in Gitmo until he talks or drowns. If he drowns, so what. If he talks, then DROWN HIM.
“The Democrat AI Constitution”
It says ANYTHING you want it to say.
As always, their strategy is to run out the clock.
Yup. Just more of that "saving democracy" stuff.
How flacid.
We’re gonna sue ya!
Use the damn House jail, Jimmy. They’d do it to you. Ask Pete Navarro.
Did you really expect anything more from lil jimme?
When is the vote to rescind all the previous J6 subpoenas so to help Navarro and Bannon?
When???
As always, When?
When?
They purposely have dragged everything else out until the end of his term.
Dems would’ve impeached Trump four-five times a year.
Yes, run out the clock, because they really don’t want to do anything to hurt Joe Biden.
“...love to see
Garland locked up in Gitmo...”
My fervent wish.
JJ is just so funny.
To a Court in DC?
Good luck with that Jim.
The motto for DC; Believe it only when you see it and then still question its authenticity.
The rope ploy would be much more deserved and much more desired by the people.
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