‘The Only Option’: Arrest of Attorney General Merrick Garland to Be Voted on by House
The article discusses the potential for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on the inherent contempt of Congress against Attorney General Merrick Garland. This action is being spearheaded by Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna from Florida, due to Garland’s refusal to release audio tapes of interviews conducted during an investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. The tapes were part of special counsel Robert Hur’s investigations, and Garland has cited Biden’s claim of executive privilege as the reason for withholding them.
Luna aims to use the resolution to compel Garland to comply with the subpoena, arguing that such compliance is crucial for Congress to fulfill its legislative and oversight duties effectively. Inherent contempt, if passed, would authorize the House sergeant at arms to detain Garland for congressional proceedings. The urgency in Luna’s push reflects a broader frustration within the Republican party regarding perceived non-cooperative behavior from the Justice Department under Garland’s leadership, who has also been accused of lobbying against the resolution.
Additionally, there’s a broader narrative related to the article’s context wherein the Western Journal appeals for support against what they describe as suppression from Big Tech and elites, positioning the situation as part of a larger struggle for integrity and transparency against political corruption ahead of the elections in November 2024.
By Jack Davis June 24, 2024 at 10:14am
The House could vote this week on a proposal that could lead to the arrest of Attorney General Merrick Garland by the House sergeant at arms.
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida said she will push for a vote putting Garland in what is called inherent contempt of Congress over the Department of Justice’s refusal to provide the audio tape of special counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden during Hur’s probe of Biden’s possession of classified documents, Fox News reported Monday.
Garland has said he will not make the tapes public because of Biden’s claim of executive privilege.
“The only option to ensure compliance with our subpoena is to use our constitutional authority of inherent contempt,” Luna said in a letter to other members of the House.
“In the next few days, I will call up my resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in inherent contempt of Congress, and I look forward to each of you voting in favor of it,” she wrote.
“The urgency of this situation cannot be overstated. Our ability to legislate effectively and fulfill our constitutional duties is at stake. We must act now to protect the integrity and independence of the legislative branch,” the congresswoman said.
Inherent contempt allows the House sergeant at arms to take an individual into custody for congressional action, according to the Constitution Center.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram said a contempt vote could come Wednesday or Thursday.
1) House sources are expecting Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) to force a vote to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in “inherent contempt” of Congress sometime in the middle of next week. Fox is told the vote likely comes Wednesday or Thursday.
What is “inherent contempt?”…
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 21, 2024
On June 12, Garland was found in criminal contempt, which meant a referral for action went to the Justice Department. It declined to act upon the House’s request.
Luna’s letter said that was the last straw, according to Fox News.
“The Department of Justice’s blatant disregard for Congress as an institution, exemplified by its refusal to prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland, is a direct threat to this legislative body. Attorney General Garland’s defiance of two lawful subpoenas is a clear violation of our authority,” she wrote.
The congresswoman said Congress needs to use its teeth, not just show them.
“The executive branch will continue to withhold information from Congress if there are no consequences for their actions,” Luna said.
“It is imperative that Congress uses its inherent contempt powers and instructs the Sergeant at Arms to bring Attorney General Garland to the House for questioning and compel him to produce the requested evidence,” she wrote.
“The Department of Justice and the attorney general cannot be the ultimate deciders of whether or not a congressional subpoena is enforced. If Congress allows this to happen, we risk being subordinated to the attorney general and being completely neutered in our ability to legislate,” the Republican lawmaker said.
In a news release posted on her website last week, Luna said Garland has been lobbying Republican members of the House.
Should Merrick Garland be arrested?
“Attorney General Garland is now calling moderate Republicans, pushing them to vote against my inherent contempt resolution,” she said. “This is the very definition of corruption. He believes he is above the law and can tell elected members of Congress what to do.
“My message to Garland is straightforward: release the tapes to Congress and let us listen to them.”
Garland has reached out to moderate Republicans, pushing them to reject inherent contempt.
What is on those tapes that would cause him to behave like a criminal? What is he protecting Biden from? https://t.co/MLRuwVd9qf
— Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) June 21, 2024
“Why is Merrick Garland fighting so hard to keep these tapes hidden?” Luna said. “What is on those tapes that is making him act in a criminal manner to protect Joe Biden?
“Any other American would be in jail for what he is doing. This blatant abuse of power must be stopped. The American people deserve integrity in our institutions, not political corruption.”
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