House GOP takes steps to hold AG Garland in contempt over subpoenaed Biden audio

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The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees will consider a resolution Thursday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over his failure to produce the subpoenaed audio recording of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur during his classified records probe.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, had previously threatened to hold Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department's failure to produce the audio recordings.

Each committee will meet Thursday at 11:00 a.m. on Capitol Hill.

DOJ WILL NOT TURN OVER BIDEN'S RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR TO CONGRESS

The Justice Department last month reminded the committees that it had produced a transcript of Biden's interview with the special counsel, and said it would not turn over the audio recording of that interview.

Comer said Monday that Garland "has refused to provide the audio files of President Biden’s interview with the Special Counsel."

"The House Oversight and Judiciary Committees issued lawful subpoenas to Attorney General Garland for the audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Hur, yet he continues to defy our subpoenas," Comer said in a statement Monday. "These audio