House Oversight Committee Hearing Goes Totally Off the Rails Thanks to MTG
A House Oversight Committee hearing—which was supposed to be cover contempt proceedings for Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday night—quickly devolved into chaos after repeated interruptions from a certain far-right representative from Georgia.
The meeting, originally intended to advance a measure to hold Garland in contempt for refusing to hand over audio of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, quickly fell off the rails, with Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) responsible for much of the drama and delay.
Republicans have been obsessed with Hur’s investigation ever since the special counsel claimed that revealed Biden suffered memory loss during the interview. Biden on Thursday blocked access to the audio by invoking executive privilege, which was met with typical criticism from the committee’s chair, Rep. James Comer (R-KY).