Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has pivoted from her initial hardline stance against US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The House had previously voted 216 to 207 to hold Garland in contempt for failing to hand over the Robert Hur audio tape of his interview with President Joe Biden.
The lone Republican siding with Democrats was Rep. David Joyce from Ohio.
After promising to direct the House sergeant-at-arms to take Garland into custody, Luna has proposed a daily fine of $10,000 until Garland complies with their subpoena.
On Wednesday, Rep. Luna warned Garland that he has until Friday morning to turn over tapes or be taken into custody.
"Why should the attorney general, who is supposed to be head of all law enforcement authorities, be any different? Garland still has time to comply with this request. We are asking that he bring the tapes to the house and let us listen to them, but in the event that he does not, we will press forward with calling the privilege motion on Inherent Contempt to the floor on Friday morning," Rep. Luna said in a press conference.
Harvard Doctor Warns: Stock Up On These Meds Before They Are Gone On Friday, instead of bringing a privilege motion on inherent contempt to the floor, Rep. Luna introduced a resolution to impose a daily fine of $10,000 on Garland until he complies.
A source familiar with the situation revealed that she agreed to postpone the move after discussing it with Speaker Mike Johnson.
Luna later confirmed on X that she plans to call for the vote next week, Fox News reported.
It is also not entirely clear how the House could force Garland to pay the fines now suggested by Luna.
According to the resolution filed on Friday: Finding that Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, is in contempt of the House of Representatives for disobeying a certain subpoena.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/spineless-republicans-fail-again-rep-luna-softens-approach/
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