Jordan, Comer Threaten AG Garland With Contempt Vote Over Records From Biden Classified Documents Investigation

Published on March 25, 2024

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a new joint letter on Monday threatening to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt if the Department of Justice (DOJ) did not turn over investigative materials stemming from the Special Counsel investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. Mr. Jordan and Mr. Comer initially reached out to the DOJ on Feb. 12, requesting the department voluntarily turn over specific documents from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into whether President Biden mishandled classified records throughout his political career. Among the documents Republicans have sought are unredacted transcripts and audio recordings of Mr. Hur’s interviews with President Biden and the president’s ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer. Mr. Hur’s special counsel report states President Biden read aloud to his ghostwriter portions of classified diary entries “nearly verbatim” as they drafted his 2017 memoir, “Promise Me Dad.”...

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