The GOP-led House passed a resolution on Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for withholding subpoenaed recordings from the investigation into President Joe Biden‘s handling of classified documents led by special counsel Robert Hur.
In a vote largely party-line vote, 216 Republicans backed the measure while 206 Democrats and one Republican opposed it. Eight members, including one Republican and seven Democrats, did not vote. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) was the sole Republican who voted against the resolution.
“We can’t allow the Department of Justice, an executive branch agency, to hide information from Congress. We have important oversight responsibilities, and that is what is being pursued here,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said during a press conference before the vote on Wednesday.
Garland drew the ire of Republicans for not fully complying…
