Posted on 07/02/2024 5:19:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The contempt charges stem from Garland's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
South Carolina GOP Rep. Ralph Norman, who sits on the powerful House Rules Committee, said on Monday that he believes his party has enough votes to charge Attorney General Merrick Garland with inherent contempt of Congress.
Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna introduced inherent contempt articles against Garland last week, after the Justice Department announced it would not take action against the attorney general.
The contempt charges stem from Garland's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
"I know our party will probably have to pass [the resolution] without the Democrats, but I think we've got the votes to do that," Norman said on the "Just The News, No Noise" TV show. "I'm glad that it's gotten as far as it has, [Luna] has worked on this for, I think, over two years to get this right, to make sure she has it in a form that will ... pass the House and ... get the job done with Merrick Garland."
Norman noted that they intended to vote on the resolution last week, but changes were made that delayed the vote. He also commented that House Speaker Mike Johnson is in favor of the resolution.
Inherent contempt would normally force the House Sergeant at Arms to detain Garland and bring him before the lower chamber. However, Luna introduced a resolution last week that would fine Garland $10,000 a day until he complies with their subpoena instead of arresting him.
“This version of inherent contempt will become standard practice for those who seek to undermine Congress as an equal branch of government,” Luna said in a post on X on Friday.
The comment also comes after the House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit against Garland over the tapes, which Biden has exerted executive privilege over. But Republicans have rejected the executive privilege argument, because the lower chamber already has a transcript of the interview.
“Any privilege that could conceivably apply to President Biden’s interview with the Special Counsel was waived when the Executive Branch released a transcript of that interview to the press and produced that transcript to the Committee,” the lawsuit said, according to the Hill.
Use the “What’s good for the goose” rule.
No one has the stones to arrest him.
Huh??
I know that I and a thousand others have already said it, but I still marvel at how close this corrupt, lawless bastard was to the Supreme Court.
Committee. Fine. Does the whole house have a say? Won’t work-squishes.
What is this “inherent contempt” all about? This is actual CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS ...
And if he refuses to pay, a strongly worded letter?
great, stop talking about it then and DO IT!!!
the wise latina is even worse IMO. Thank goodness she is old and in poor health and wont last much longer hopefully!
GOP may have the VOTES, but we all know they DON’T HAVE THE BALLS!!!!
In a related story, I discovered one of the barn cats is a Republican. A loud noise during some high winds last night scared him off for a while...like Republican congressmen...no balls. (No, he's not neutered.)
To a democRat being held in contempt just enhances his/her ‘street cred’. Being held in contempt has all the effect as a ‘strongly worded letter’ and will be ignored. The Rs that actually have a spine are too few in number to affect an arrest and a perp walk.
The man is bitter, blames conservatives and has been out to get them ever since.
Thank you Mitch.
Holder didn’t care when he was held in contempt. He knew it was a toothless charge. I would be genuinely shocked to see any major Democrat actually punished for his actions.
The caved on arresting and jailing Garland. Fines will have no effect.
Actually the $10,000 fine per day out of Garland’s own pocket I will be more effective than jailing him. Also, the optics of jailing him would create more sympathies just as it has for some of our people.
I disagree.
The GOP’s problem is the republicans who are actually democrats and the squishes who believe they can be reasonable with unreasonable people. The left/deep state will do anything they think will work to win, while at the same time screaming bloody murder (added of course by their propaganda agencies) if the Republicans do anything other than roll over and take it. The left practices “gutter politics” while the republicans just carry on in a business as usual mode. Pretty pathetic.
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