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House Republicans voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not handing over the audio tapes of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with Joe Biden.

Republicans insist the tapes will provide critical context into ongoing investigations involving President Biden and his cognitive abilities.

“It’s a huge disappointment. I think it’s an abuse of the congressional contempt power,” Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) told Fox News Digital of the GOP effort.

Texas Rep. Chip Roy said Garland is trying to keep the audio recordings hidden.

“There’s only one reason why the attorney general would do that. He doesn’t want us to hear it. That’s why,” Roy said on the House floor Wednesday. “And there’s really only two reasons why that would be the case – either the transcript doesn’t match the audio, or the audio is so bad that he doesn’t want us to hear it.”

From Fox News:

The pursuit of Hur’s audio tapes is part of the House GOP’s wider impeachment inquiry into Biden, investigating allegations he used his political position to enrich himself and his family. Biden has denied accusations of wrongdoing.

House Republicans halted advancement of a contempt resolution against Hunter Biden, the president’s son, earlier this year after GOP investigators reached an agreement with his attorneys.

Meanwhile, two ex-Trump administration aides – former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon – were convicted on contempt of Congress charges for dodging subpoenas by the House select committee on Jan. 6.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said “We can’t allow the Department of Justice to hide information from Congress.”

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