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Press release from Office of House Speaker (Republican)

Speaker Johnson Response to DOJ Refusing to Act on Garland Contempt of Congress




For Immediate Release

June 14, 2024

Contact: Taylor Haulsee

WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson released the following statement in response to a letterfrom the Department of Justice saying it will not move forward with prosecuting Attorney General Merrick Garland after the House voted to hold him in contempt. 

“The House disagrees with the assertions in the letter from the Department of Justice, and as Speaker, I will be certifying the contempt reports to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. We will also move to enforce the subpoena of Attorney General Garland in federal court. It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s Justice Department will not prosecute Garland for defying congressional subpoenas even though the department aggressively prosecuted Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for the same thing. This is yet another example of the two-tiered system of justice brought to us by the Biden Administration.”

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