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Julie Winslet

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Julie Winslet

June 13, 2024 11:57 pm

Under the protection of the Republicans, the House of Representatives voted to accuse Attorney General Merrick Garland of refusing to hand over the recording of Biden's interview in the case of Presid... View MoreUnder the protection of the Republicans, the House of Representatives voted to accuse Attorney General Merrick Garland of refusing to hand over the recording of Biden's interview in the case of President Biden's confidential documents, and his behavior has constituted contempt of Congress. Garland criticized the Republicans for indulging in political struggles and ignoring the principle of separation of powers in the Constitution. The House of Representatives voted 216 to 207 on the 12th to find Garland in contempt of Congress. Although many moderate Republican members had reservations during the process, they still voted according to the position of the party group. Only Dave Joyce from Ohio voted against it. Garland issued a statement that night, criticizing the Republicans for abusing serious congressional power and "ignoring the principle of separation of powers in the Constitution, the need for the Department of Justice to protect investigations, and the fact that the department has provided a lot of information to the committee", which is deeply disappointing. Garland emphasized that he would always support the Department of Justice and its employees, and also take defending the democratic system as his mission. After Robert Hur, a special prosecutor at the Department of Justice, investigated Biden's confidential documents, he described Biden's memory decline in his report. The House of Representatives then asked the Department of Justice for recordings of Biden's interviews, but Garland only handed over written records, laying the groundwork for the struggle. After this vote, Garland became the third attorney general in the country's history to be charged with contempt of Congress, but because he himself is in charge of the Department of Justice, the probability of being sued by officials under his jurisdiction is very small, so the symbolic significance of the vote is greater than the actual effect. Despite this, House Speaker Mike Johnson still described the result as satisfactory, emphasizing that the House must fulfill its duties. The White House and the Democratic Party criticized that Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a Republican, refused to cooperate with the investigation of the Capitol riots, but this time he took the lead in targeting Garland, reflecting that the action was purely for political purposes.

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