DOJ Won’t Pursue Criminal Contempt Changes Against Garland

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No, they’ll only imprison Trump supporters and advisers (Bannon, Navarro) for the exact same offense.

If Garland was contempt of Congress, as head of the DOJ he would be in charge of prosecuting himself. Not happening. We are ruled by the treasonists.

Merrick Garland Held in Contempt of Congress

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DOJ Won’t Pursue Criminal Contempt Changes Against Garland: Report

A DOJ official said that Mr. Garland’s refusal to comply with a subpoena ‘did not constitute a crime.’

DOJ Won’t Pursue Criminal Contempt Charges Against Garland

By Tom Ozimek, The Epoch Times, June 14, 2024;

An official from the Department of Justice (DOJ) told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a letter that Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress because his refusal to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with a prosecutor did not amount to a crime.

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In the letter, which was obtained by several media outlets, the DOJ official said that Mr. Garland’s refusal to comply with a subpoena demanding audio records of an interview that special counsel Robert Hur conducted with President Biden in his investigation into the president’s alleged mishandling of classified documents “did not constitute a crime.”

“Consistent with this longstanding position and uniform practice, the Department has determined that the responses by Attorney General Garland to the subpoenas issued by the Committees did not constitute a crime, and accordingly the Department will not bring the congressional contempt citation before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute the Attorney General,” Carlos Felipe Uriarte, an assistant attorney general, wrote in the letter.

The letter also cited DOJ policy not to prosecute officials for contempt of Congress when they don’t comply with subpoenas due to a presidential claim of executive privilege.

A request for comment and confirmation of the content of the letter sent to the DOJ was not immediately returned.

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