The House Judiciary Committee advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s failure to produce the subpoenaed audio recording of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. The House Judiciary Committee considered a resolution to hold the attorney general in contempt during a markup session Thursday. The move comes after the White House asserted executive privilege over the audio and video recordings related to Hur's interviews with the president as part of his classified records investigation. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that "the attorney general made it clear that law enforcement files like these need to be protected." "And so the president made his determination at the request of the attorney general," she said.

Source: Fox News May 16, 2024 19:59 UTC