Scott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. At issue is Garland's failure to hand over audio of special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden about his handling of classified documents. Republicans had demanded the audio after Hur declined to prosecute Biden, in part because a jury might sympathize with him as an 'elderly man with a poor memory.
When Special Prosecutor Hur showed that President Biden willfully kept classified info in his house and garage, then the comparisons with what DOJ is prosecuting President Trump on becomes more similar,” Bacon said in a statement. “Trump is being prosecuted, but Hur claims President Biden is too elderly with a bad memory to ever be taken to court. This is a very significant claim to make concerning our current President and the Democrat nominee,” Bacon added.
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