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’ll bet the vast majority of Americans would love to see
Garland locked up in Gitmo”
I’ll bet the vast majority of Americans have no idea who
Garland is
What else was on the recording?
Are you referring to Jim Jordan?
What are you saying. Just curious.
Jim Jordan, Trey Gowdy, et al
“Blah, Blah, Blah”
Yes. JJ = Jim Jordan.
Funny = All blustery, but never follows through. Not sure if he’s more like the Cowardly Lion or Trey Gowdy.
He let the harridan Leslie Stahl get the better of him a couple months ago in an interview. When she told him that everybody knows 2020 was a fair election, he just stared at her; did not say one word.
I have a big problem with Jim Jordan. His job is to make people think that we have two political parties and that one of those parties opposes the Democrats. He’s just fooling people.
Definitely. He puts on a pretty good show at hearings when he’s the star of the scene, but like any actor there’s not much substance off the stage.
I think Jim Jordan is a good conservative and one of the few that will take “the bull by the horns”..
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