The resolution from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna sparked weeks of hand-wringing among House Republicans and got an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
The House on Thursday rejected a rare effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in “inherent contempt” after a handful of Republicans helped squash the resolution. Democrats and a handful of Republicans defeated the measure on a 204-210 vote. It was forced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and would have required the top Justice Department official to pay fines of $10,000 per day until he handed over audio of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden.
Others lamented that Luna’s resolution would just end up in court anyway, and still others argued that they didn’t support the effort but the likely ensuing backlash wasn’t worth opposing it. To that last point, the political dynamic got more complicated for Republicans after former President Donald Trump publicly endorsed her effort. That put more pressure on GOP lawmakers to back it, rather than risk a high-profile break with their party’s nominee.
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