Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) defended snubbing a House committee after he was subpoenaed to testify about the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021.
During a Wednesday House floor debate on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) argued that claims of Department of Justice "weaponization" against Republicans "melted away" after President Joe Biden's son Hunter was convicted of three felonies.
Raskin accused Republicans of sending former President Donald Trump's felony conviction "down the Orwellian memory hole to save someone hurt feelings."
"So what's left to do now?" Raskin said. "Well, let's hold the Attorney General of the United States, Merrick Garland, in contempt, of course."
The contempt charge against Garland came after Republicans demanded an audio tape of Biden recorded during special counsel Robert Hur's investigation of mishandled classified documents. The attorney general said he could not turn over the recording because the White House had exerted executive privilege.
Raskin suggested Jordan was guilty of hypocrisy because he had also refused to comply with a subpoena from the January 6 Committee.
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"It's rich beyond measure, like a billionaire rich, to be asked to hold the attorney general in contempt by people who themselves received subpoenas to testify before the January 6th Committee, who never rendered a single document nor a single minute of testimony to the January 6th Committee," Raskin said.
Jordan quickly defended himself.
"First of all, I never said I wouldn't testify in front of the January 6th Committee," the Ohio Republican insisted. "I just want to know what the parameters at that testimony were going to be, so I never did say no to that."
