BREAKING: House advances vote on holding Biden AG Merrick Garland in contempt

The House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday afternoon on whether to hold Biden admin Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over his withholding of the audio from Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur in the classified documents investigation.

A vote earlier in the afternoon passed 208-207 along party lines to adopt a rule for consideration ahead of the final vote.


 

Garland previously said before the House that he would not provide audio of special counsel Hur’s interview with Biden in the classified documents case because it would "chill cooperation with the department in future investigations."  

Garland said his department went to "extraordinary lengths to ensure that the committee gets responses to its legitimate requests for information," noting that Hur’s report was provided as well as transcripts of the interview, and Hur testified before Congress for "more than five hours."  

"But we have made clear that we will not provide audio recordings from which the transcripts that you already have were created," Garland said. "Releasing the audio would chill cooperation with the department in future investigations and it could influence witnesses’ answers if they thought the audio of their law enforcement interviews would be broadcast to Congress and the public."  

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story stated that the contempt vote had passed, however, that vote is set for later on Wednesday.