Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary.

Bill: 118-hres-1292
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2024-06-12
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Department of Justice

Evidence and witnesses

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

House of Representatives
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-06-12
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This resolution finds Attorney General Merrick Brian Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena. It also directs the Speaker of the House to (1) certify the related report from the House Judiciary Committee to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia for criminal proceedings, and (2) take all other appropriate action to enforce the subpoena.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1292 In the House of Representatives, U. S., June 12, 2024 RESOLUTION

That Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, shall be found to be in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a congressional subpoena. That pursuant to 2 U.S.C. §§ 192 and 194, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall certify the report of the Committee on the Judiciary, detailing the refusal of Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, to produce documents, records, and materials to the Committee on the Judiciary as directed by subpoena, to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, to the end that Attorney General Merrick B. Garland be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law. That the Speaker of the House shall otherwise take all appropriate action to enforce the subpoena.

Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.