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 TwitterA 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).
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 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThis week, we examine the ways in which RFK Jr. can throw a "hand grenade" into the presidential debates. Plus, we go inside a new Democratic PAC that is aiming low, and get a preview of Biden's "uncommitted" critics landing some delegates for the Democratic National Convention.
Amid a flurry of news earlier this week on the newly announced slate of presidential debates, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulled a Trumpian move by preemptively declaring he will meet the standards and qualify to appear.
He also accused his opponents of "colluding" to keep him off the debate stage. But if Kennedy can actually make the debates, it could open a can of brain worms for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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(Second column, 12th story, link)
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