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The lower chamber voted to hold Garland in contempt of Congress in mid-June over his refusal to turn over the audio recording of President In a “Dear Colleague” letter on Monday, Luna blasted the DOJ’s decision not to seek criminal charges as “blatant disregard for Congress as an institution.
“The Department of Justice and the attorney general cannot be the ultimate deciders of whether or not a congressional subpoena is enforced,” the Florida congresswoman continued. “If Congress allows this to happen, we risk being subordinated to the attorney general and being completely neutered in our ability to legislate.”
All Democrats had voted against the contempt resolution led by the Judiciary and Oversight committees. Several accused Republicans of politicizing the matter and wanting the audio recording for “Donald Trump’s campaign commercials” or to use Biden’s stutter to “smear” him.
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