The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday published a report recommending that President Joe Biden’s ghost writer be cited for contempt of Congress after he failed to produce documents and other materials as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry.
The ghost writer, Mark Zwonitzer, is in possession of recordings of his interviews with Biden in which the former vice president allegedly made reference to classified information, the committee says in its report.
After the release of Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur’s separate report on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, the House Judiciary committee subpoenaed Zwonitzer for documents, audio recordings and transcripts in his possession related to his interviews of Biden for his memoir.
“To date, Zwonitzer has refused to produce any of the requested documents or materials,” the committee wrote in its report.
You can read the report.
In a post to the social media platform X, the Judiciary Committee says it plans to hold a markup for the contempt resolution on Thursday at 10:00 AM.
House Republicans have recently moved to hold several officials in contempt related to its impeachment inquiry, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, as the probe struggles to obtain the documents and files it has requested.
