House Judiciary Advances Contempt Vote Against AG Merrick Garland Over Biden Interview Recordings

House GOP members are advancing a measure to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines this afternoon to advance the measure, responding to Garland's refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Biden's interviews related to his classified documents case.

The controversy began when Special Counsel Robert Hur, after interviewing Biden, described him as a "sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory," sparking a political firestorm. Today, President Biden invoked executive privilege over the recordings to. . .