House Oversight Committee ranking member RepRaskin said he would try to peel off as many Republicans as possible to join Democrats on the committee in opposing contempt charges against the FBI director Christopher Wray.
Speaking to reporters after votes on Monday, Raskin said the pledge by Oversight Chairman James Comer to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress is “absolutely ridiculous,” saying the bureau has complied with everything the committee has asked them to do.“Any Republican who describes himself or herself as pro-law enforcement will be in a very strange position to be putting the FBI director in contempt for doing his job,” Raskin told reporters Monday night.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has told reporters the full House will take up the contempt charges after the Oversight Committee approves them, setting up a potentially historic vote to hold the director of the FBI in contempt of Congress. Raskin compared this attempt by Comer to members refusing to testify in front of the Jan. 6 Select Committee after they received a subpoena. While the five sitting members subpoenaed weren’t held in contempt of Congress, the committee and the House voted to hold multiple people in contempt of Congress, including Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows, the ex-chief of staff to former President Donald Trump.
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