<p>The House Judiciary Committee is poised to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings against Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a> in a clash over recordings from special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s investigation into President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s handling of classified documents.</p>
<p>With no apparent breakthrough in negotiations between House Republicans and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for lawmakers to get the audio files, a source confirmed to The Daily Wire that a markup is being planned for May 16, which is Thursday of next week.</p>
<p>House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) and Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> to Garland a few weeks ago, saying they were giving him 10 more days to fully comply with their February subpoenas or face contempt of Congress proceedings.</p>
<p>&#8220;Your response to the subpoenas remains inadequate, suggesting that you are withholding records for partisan purposes and to avoid political embarrassment for President Biden,&#8221; the pair wrote, according to a <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/16/jim-jordan-james-comer-robert-hur-transcript-joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">copy of the April 15 letter obtained</a> by The Daily Caller.</p>
<p>The lawmakers warned they would have &#8220;no choice but to invoke contempt of Congress proceedings&#8221; unless they were given the audio recordings of Hur&#8217;s interview with Biden and of the special counsel&#8217;s interview with Biden&#8217;s ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.</p>
<p>&#8220;To avoid this, the Committees expect you to produce all responsive materials no later than 12:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024,&#8221; Comer and Jordan added.</p>
<p>The two chairmen had previously set an April 8 deadline, warning their committees would &#8220;consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings&#8221; without full compliance.</p>
<p>Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/garland-risks-contempt-of-congress-as-doj-spurns-house-gop-demand-for-biden-audio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> a letter to the lawmakers on April 8, saying a transcript for the two-day interview with Biden already provided to them should be sufficient. A transcript of Hur&#8217;s interview with Zwonitzer was also given.</p>
<p>The DOJ is &#8220;concerned&#8221; about the demands &#8220;that is cumulative of information we already gave you&#8221; and they indicate lawmakers want it for &#8220;political purposes&#8221; rather than &#8220;legitimate oversight or investigatory functions,&#8221; Uriarte said.</p>
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<p>Hur&#8217;s report, which was released in February, criticized Biden&#8217;s retention of classified records while out of office, yet the prosecutor declined to recommend charges.</p>
<p>The report described Biden as a &#8220;sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory&#8221; whom a jury likely would not convict &#8220;of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hur also found that Zwonitzer deleted recordings of conversations he had with Biden upon learning about the documents inquiry.<b></b></p>
<p>However, the ghostwriter provided &#8220;plausible, innocent reasons&#8221; for his actions during the interview and Hur said he ultimately determined the evidence would not suffice for a conviction on obstruction of justice.</p>
<p>Biden and the White House have pushed back against Hur&#8217;s characterizations in his report, but Garland insisted that it would have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/garland-says-censoring-hurs-biden-docs-report-would-have-been-absurd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;absurd&#8221;</a> for someone in his position to have edited or censored the special counsel&#8217;s explanation.</p>
<p>During testimony to Congress in April, Garland <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780261901768831242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> his agency sent correspondence &#8220;explaining our position with respect to the recordings&#8221; and noted the &#8220;longstanding practice&#8221; of keeping witness records confidential to not &#8220;chill&#8221; future investigations.</p>

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