'Nothing but hypocrisy': House GOP doubtful DOJ will charge Garland like former Trump aides

House Republicans are skeptical that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will act on their newly passed criminal referral against Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Multiple GOP lawmakers argued it would be hypocritical of the DOJ not to act, given the recent prosecutions and guilty verdicts for former Trump administration aides Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon following similar referrals.

"I don't have much hope that this administration is going to follow the letter of the law or the intent of Congress or the subpoenas for the president," Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital.

"It's just a further manifestation of the weaponization of the DOJ. So they're not playing umpire, they're not behaving as the executive…they're not calling balls and strikes. They're just frankly doing things for what look like political purposes, which is not their job," he said.

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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said when asked if he anticipated the DOJ following through on the House’s will, "Garland’s gonna take up his own contempt resolution? Not likely."

"There's nothing but hypocrisy, especially considering the fact that President Trump cited executive privilege for Steve Bannon, and Merrick Garland had moved forward anyway," Donalds said.

GOP lawmakers aimed to hold Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over audio recordings of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden.

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Hur’s findings cleared Biden of wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents, but also said the 81-year-old president presented himself "as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory," and