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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department confirmed Friday, as expected, that Attorney General Merrick Garland will not face charges after House Republicans voted to hold him in contempt of Congress for declining to provide audiotapes of President Joe Biden that are protected by executive privilege.
' The letter noted that then-Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross were not prosecuted after the House voted to hold them in contempt in 2019. In 2022, the Justice Department also declined to prosecute former Trump White House officials Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino, who did not cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee's subpoenas.
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