Merrick Garland Thinks He’s Judge Dredd, Ignores Contempt Vote Over Biden 'Dementia’ Tapes

Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama following the death of Antonin Scalia (only to be blocked by Senate Republicans), issued a defiant statement after being held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday by the GOP-controlled House for refusing to turn over interview tapes from a DOJ probe of President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents that would obviously show Biden in full-blown dementia mode.

„Today’s vote disregards the constitutional separation of powers, the Justice Department’s need to protect its investigations, and the substantial amount of information we have provided to the Committees,” wrote Garland following the vote which made him the third attorney general in US history and fourth sitting cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress.

The Biden administration has already claimed executive privilege over the tapes, while the DOJ – which altered the transcripts of Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur to mask the president’s cognitive decline – has suggested that releasing the tapes would allow a bad actor to create deepfakes that could subvert democracy, or some such malarkey.

The Biden audio isn’t covered under executive privilege. This is a MADE UP LIE by Garland and his criminal enablers. https://t.co/NweoQF2k75

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 12, 2024

Meanwhile, an internal DOJ memo argues that Garland cannot be prosecuted for contempt given Biden’s executive privilege over said tapes.

The 57-page memo from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) says that no administration official has been prosecuted for failing to comply with a subpoena when the president has claimed executive privilege.

„For nearly seven decades and across presidential administrations of both parties, the Executive Branch has taken the position that the criminal contempt of Congress statute … does not apply to Executive Branch officials who do not comply with a congressional subpoena based on a presidential assertion of executive privilege,” reads the memo. „Consistent with this longstanding position, no U.S. Attorney has pursued criminal contempt charges against an Executive Branch official asserting the President’s claim of executive privilege.”

Here is Merrick Garland telling reporters he doesn’t need to respond to Congressional subpoenas he decides are not legitimate

He is currently throwing Steve Bannon behind bars for not responding to the J6 Committee subpoena pic.twitter.com/TkERrE4vhR

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 6, 2024

In response to the executive privilege claim, House Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer (R-KY) said that „The president has waived any executive privilege over these audio recordings by releasing a transcript of the entire interview to the public,” however the OLC refuted that statement in the memo, writing „Because the committees have the transcripts of the special counsel’s interviews, the needs the committees have articulated for the recordings are plainly insufficient to overcome a privilege claim grounded in these important separation of powers concerns.”

„The audio recording will not reveal any information relevant to the committees’ stated needs that is not available in the transcripts.„

Sure, except that the transcripts were altered.

In recent weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported that Biden is off his cracker behind closed doors, while TIME magazine’s Massimo Calabresi couldn’t give a straight answer over serious cognitive decline exhibited during an interview.

The TIME Magazine reporter who interviewed Biden *could not have been more vague* when asked how Biden seemed during their interview — as questions swirl around Biden’s noticeable cognitive decline pic.twitter.com/sUBhTMc8vL

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 5, 2024

Meanwhile…

BODEN INSTANTLY FORGETS HE SHOOK CRYIN’ CHUCK’S HAND & GOES BACK FOR ANOTHER ONE, GETS PLAYED ###pic.twitter.com/apiThs7pmT

— iBankCoin, A Reliable Source (@iBankCoin4tw) June 13, 2024

JUST IN: President Biden appears to start wandering off at the G7 summit and has to be handled back in.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was seen grabbing Biden to bring him back to the group.

This wasn’t the only awkward encounter between the two. Biden was caught on… pic.twitter.com/xf8NizIVgH

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 13, 2024

Under federal law, contempt is a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to one year in prison and $100,000 – which Garland’s DOJ used the full force of the US government to punish former Trump advisers Steve Bannon – who’s about to report to prison for defying a Congressional subpoena (unless Matt Gaetz and pals can intervene), and Peter Navaro – who’s now serving time for telling the J6 Committee to pound sand.

Meanwhile, those on the higher tiered justice system include former Attorneys General William Barr and Eric Holder – both of whom were held in contempt of Congress for similar reasons, and neither of whom faced criminal charges.

In short:

Joe Biden is the 1st “president” in US history to deny executive privilege protection to his predecessor. Biden’s decision allowed J6 committee to access Donald Trump’s records far earlier than usually allowed. https://t.co/oXw7TATAEN

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) June 12, 2024

Who authorized Merrick Garland to determine which subpoenas from Congress are „legitimate „and which are not? https://t.co/XdLOnZ88lE

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) June 13, 2024