Johnson vows to take Garland contempt case to court after DOJ snub

Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will take their contempt of Congress case against Attorney General Merrick Garland’s to court, after the Justice Department (DOJ) refused to pursue charges.

“It is sadly predictable that the Biden administration’s Justice Department will not prosecute Garland for defying congressional subpoenas even though the department aggressively prosecuted Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for the same thing,” Johnson said in a statement, referring to two allies of former President Trump...