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is set to file suit sometime next week with the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia as part of efforts to force Garland to comply with a subpoena over access to the tapes, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday. The move comes after the Justice Department declined to press charges against Garland despite the House voting to hold him in contempt for rejecting the subpoena.
Luna’s timeline is not yet clear as several House lawmakers have been absent from the chamber this week due to primary elections in their home states. Still, some members say they would vote against another resolution while the original contempt measure,Rep. John Duarte told reporters he is “not going to support it” because he believes the resolutions need to go through the proper legislative process.
However, House lawmakers may not even get a chance to vote on the measure if it’s tabled by Democrats, all of whom voted against the Judiciary Committee’s original contempt resolution and would likely vote against Luna’s as well. of Rep. Michael Rulli , the House now stands at 432 with a Republican majority of 219 members. However, Johnson can still only afford to lose three votes to pass a measure along party lines.
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