Republicans in the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, after their attempts to pressure the Department of Justice head to release audio clips with President Joe Biden.
The audio clips, of which a transcript has been widely available for months, come from conversations between Biden and the now-resigned special counsel Robert Hur. Republicans argue the clips would demonstrate Biden showed signs of memory lapses and age, while critics point to potential ulterior political motivations.
