Finding that Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, is in contempt of the House of Representatives for disobeying a certain subpoena.

Bill: 118-hres-1205
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2024-05-07
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1205 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2024 Mrs. Luna submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Finding that Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, is in contempt of the House of Representatives for disobeying a certain subpoena.

Whereas, on February 27, 2024, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, was duly served with a subpoena to produce a narrow and specific set of materials possessed by the Department of Justice and related to Special Counsel Robert K. Hur’s investigation of President Joe Biden’s willful mishandling of classified documents to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC; Whereas Attorney General Garland has, in disobedience of such subpoena, failed to produce the set of materials; and Whereas the set of materials possessed by the Department of Justice is material and necessary in order that the House of Representatives may properly execute the functions imposed on it and may obtain information necessary as a basis for such legislative and other action as the House of Representatives may deem necessary and proper: Now, therefore be it

That— (1) Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, is found in contempt of the House of Representatives for disobeying the February 27, 2024, subpoena; and (2) the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall issue a warrant commanding the Sergeant at Arms or the deputy of the Sergeant at Arms to take into custody the body of Attorney General Garland wherever found, and to bring Attorney General Garland before the bar of the House of Representatives, then and there to answer such questions pertinent to the matter under inquiry as the House of Representatives may order the Speaker of the House of Representatives to propound, and to keep Attorney General Garland in custody to await the further order of the House of Representatives.