On Friday, Justice Department officials said the agency will not pursue contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Merrick Garland that the Republican-run House had voted for this week.
The decision, relayed in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), had been expected. Garland was the third attorney general in the past 12 years to face such a vote, and the department has never pursued a contempt case against its own leader.
The letter to Johnson from Justice Department official Carlos Uriarte noted that over multiple administrations, the department has not pursued contempt cases against government officials who, based on a presidential assertion of executive privilege, do not provide subpoenaed information to Congress.
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