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Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute

  • The House plans to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden's special counsel audio interview, following the Justice Department's refusal to prosecute Republicans for contempt of Congress.
  • Speaker Mike Johnson stated the House held Garland in contempt for not providing the audio, prompting the legal action.
  • The Justice Department cited its policy of not prosecuting officials for subpoena non-compliance due to executive privilege, leading to no prosecution of Garland.
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Justice Department won't prosecute Garland for contempt, says refusal to provide audio wasn't crime

The Justice Department says Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress after refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified

·United States
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Hindustan TimesHindustan Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson slams ‘two-tiered justice system’ after DOJ protects AG Garland from Biden audio subpoena

House to pursue court action against AG Garland over Biden interview access.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress will go to court to try to force Garland to turn over audio of Biden interview

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress will go to court to try to force Garland to turn over audio of Biden interview

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DOJ says it won’t prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland after House contempt vote

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department said Friday that it would not act on the House’s contempt referral of Attorney General Merrick Garland. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, DOJ pointed to its “longstanding” position of not prosecuting executive branch officials who withhold information subject to executive privilege from Congress. The announcement was anticipated after the House, in a mostly party-li…

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DOJ says it won’t prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland after House contempt vote

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department said Friday that it would not act on the House’s contempt referral of Attorney General Merrick Garland. In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, DOJ pointed to its “longstanding” position of not prosecuting executive branch officials who withhold information subject to executive privilege from Congress. The announcement was anticipated after the House, in a mostly party-li…

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Republicans’ contemptible contempt vote against Merrick Garland

Such a vote should be reserved for the most egregious cases. The attorney general isn’t one of them.

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