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To: didjuneau who wrote (428947)	7/11/2024 9:11:37 AM
From: J.B.C.	1 Recommendation Recommended By didjuneau Respond to of 457649

What a bunch of hooey. Following the law against what Merrick Garland is doing is NOT politicizing the judicial system. Garland has 2 people in jail for doing the same thing.

To: didjuneau who wrote (428947)	7/11/2024 2:50:26 PM
From: didjuneau	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 457649

House Defeats Measure to Fine Garland Over Refusal to Share Biden Audio nytimes.com The vote on Ms. Luna’s resolution came about a month after House Republicans orchestrated a nearly party-line vote to hold Mr. Garland in criminal contempt of Congress. Four Republicans opposed the bid to fine the attorney general $10,000 a day for his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena for recordings of the president’s interview with a special counsel. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee last month. Democrats have asserted that Republicans have no legitimate legislative need for the audio of President Biden’s interview with a special counsel, but merely want to use clips in campaign ads. Credit...Tom Brenner for The New York Times By Maya C. Miller Reporting from Capitol Hill July 11, 2024, 12:16 p.m. ET The House on Thursday defeated a Republican measure that would impose a $10,000-a-day fine on Attorney General Merrick B. Garland for his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with a special counsel who raised questions about his age and memory. The resolution — the latest bid by Republicans to force Mr. Garland to turn over the recordings — failed after four Republicans broke with their party to oppose it, joining Democrats who voted “no” en masse. The vote was 210 to 204 against holding Mr. Garland in “inherent contempt” of Congress, a maneuver that authorizes certain penalties for people who defy a congressional subpoena. In this case, the resolution, sponsored by Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida and an outspoken ally of former President Donald J. Trump, called for fining Mr. Garland and the Justice Department $10,000 each day until they provide the recordings in question. Republican Representatives John Duarte and Tom McClintock of California, along with David Joyce and Michael R. Turner of Ohio, broke ranks to oppose the measure. That was enough to sink it in the House, where the G.O.P. holds a tiny majority. At issue was audio from Mr. Biden’s interviews with the special counsel Robert K. Hur, who investigated his handling of classified documents. Mr. Hur concluded that Mr. Biden should not face criminal charges, but he included a line in his investigative report that handed Republicans significant political ammunition, calling the president a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” That characterization has taken on new significance in the wake of Mr. Biden’s disastrous debate performance last month, in which he struggled to express himself clearly, trailed off repeatedly and appeared to lose his train of thought. That has led to a major crisis for his re-election bid, as Democrats question his viability and some call for him to drop out of the race. The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed three White House aides who had been previously shielded from testifying about Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents. Representative James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky and the panel’s chairman, announced the subpoenas in a statement that accused the three — Ashley Williams, Anthony Bernal and Annie Tomasini — as “seeking to cover up President Biden’s declining cognitive state.” The Justice Department has provided the House Judiciary Committee with transcripts of the interviews Mr. Hur conducted with Mr. Biden, but not the audio. Mr. Garland has resisted demands to turn over the audio, maintaining that its release could set a precedent that endangers the confidentiality of other law enforcement investigations. Democrats have also argued that Republicans have no legitimate legislative purpose in seeking the audio, but merely want to use clips in campaign ads. Mr. Biden asserted executive privilege over the recordings in May to deny House Republicans access to them. That move was intended to shield Mr. Garland from prosecution. The vote on Representative Anna Paulina Luna’s resolution comes about a month after House Republicans orchestrated a nearly party-line vote to hold Mr. Garland in criminal contempt of Congress.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York Times After the vote, Ms. Luna acknowledged that Republicans had a “numbers issue” that killed the effort, but suggested she could resurrect it in future. Mr. Duarte, who faces a tough re-election race in November, objected primarily to the fast-tracked nature of the measure rather than its substance. “I don’t want privileged motions every time someone has a squabble with an administration official,” Mr. Duarte told reporters after the vote. The vote on Ms. Luna’s resolution came about a month after House Republicans orchestrated a nearly party-line vote to hold Mr. Garland in criminal contempt of Congress. Last week, the Judiciary Committee also filed a federal lawsuit against Mr. Garland and the Justice Department, asking a federal judge to compel the release of the audio recordings. Inherent contempt is a mechanism last used 90 years ago that can also involve sending the House sergeant-at-arms to make an arrest and forcibly bring a recalcitrant individual before the House. Ms. Luna and a small group of Republicans initially planned to call for such action to be taken against Mr. Garland, but changed course after several Republicans said they would not vote for such a measure.