AG Garland Contempt Resolution Heads for House Floor Vote

WASHINGTON—The House Rules Committee on June 11 advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over his failure to comply with a subpoena to hand over audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s two-day interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The measure was advanced on a party-line vote. A House floor vote on the resolution is expected on June 12, according to a spokesperson for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). It will first head for a procedural rules vote to open up debate on the resolution, and if this clears, a final vote will be held. The GOP can only lose two votes with its razor-slim majority, but should the measure pass, a criminal referral would be sent to the Justice Department, which is unlikely to act on it. At that point, the matter could end up in the courts....