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Erin Burnett OutFront

House Votes To Recommend Contempt Charges For Garland

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The House of Representatives votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) says Garland deserves to go to prison. Plus, Donald Trump says he is living a nightmare as he prepares for sentencing. We examine how his once opponent Ron DeSantis could come to his rescue.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Out front next, breaking news, the house holding the Attorney General in contempt.

0:07.0

Marjorie Taylor Green saying Merrick Garland deserves to go to prison.

0:11.2

Well, backfire.

0:12.5

Plus, more breaking news in New York.

0:14.8

Police arrest a man found with a loaded gun, 100 rounds of ammo, heavy body armor, and two axes.

0:21.1

Just what was he plotting?

0:23.4

And Donald Trump says he's living at, quote, nightmare as he prepares for sentencing,

0:27.3

how his one-time opponent Ron DeSantis could come to his rescue.

0:31.6

Let's go out front.

0:34.9

Good evening, I'm Erica Hill, in for Aaron Burnett.

0:54.3

Outfront tonight, breaking news. H held in contempt and now threatened with prosecution. The Republican-led House voting tonight to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena. Just one Republican in the House voted against the measure. And right after that vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson not ruling out the possibility of prosecution. Republicans claim tonight's vote was about

0:58.8

Garland's refusal to hand over audio tapes of President Biden's interview by the special

1:03.1

counsel in the classified documents case. The DOJ has, of course, released a transcript of the interview.

1:09.0

Republicans, though, want the tapes, too.

1:13.5

It's time for Eric Garland to stop stonewalling and release the Biden tapes.

1:18.6

So the question that should be asked is, what are they hiding and why?

1:23.6

We think we're entitled to, we don't think, we know we're entitled to all the evidence,

1:28.6

and that includes the best evidence, which is this audio tape.

1:32.6

There is some irony there, of course.

1:34.3

Congressman Jim Jordan, who just heard from there himself has defied a congressional subpoena.

1:38.9

And it's really not just about defying a subpoena over audio tapes.

1:43.1

Take a listen to Republican Congressman James Comer

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