Editing Contempt of Congress (section)

== Partial list contempt resolutions since 1975 ==
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! Person
! Subcommittee/Committee
! Chamber
! Ultimate Disposition
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| [[Rogers C.B. Morton]],<br />[[Secretary of Commerce]]
| November 11, 1975<br />Subcommittee of the [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce]]
| Not considered
| Morton released the material to the subcommittee.
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| [[Henry Kissinger]],<br />[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| November 15, 1975<br />[[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|House Select Committee on Intelligence]]
| Not considered
| Citation dismissed after "substantial compliance" with subpoena.
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| [[Joseph A. Califano Jr.]],<br />[[Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]]
| August 6, 1978<br />Subcommittee of the [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce]]
| Not considered
| Califano complied with the subpoena about one month after the subcommittee citation.
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| [[Charles W. Duncan Jr.]],<br />[[Secretary of Energy]]
| April 29, 1980<br />Subcommittee of the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Committee on Government Operations]]
| Not considered
| Duncan supplied the material by May 14, 1980.
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| [[James B. Edwards]],<br />[[Secretary of Energy]]
| July 23, 1981<br />Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Committee on Government Operations]]
| Not considered
| Documents were delivered to Congress prior to full Committee consideration of the contempt citation.
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| [[James G. Watt]],<br />[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]
| February 9, 1982<br />Subcommittee of [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Committee on Energy and Commerce]]<br />February 25, 1982<br />[[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Committee on Energy and Commerce]]
| Not considered
| The White House delivered documents to the Rayburn House Office Building for review by Committee members for four hours, providing for no staff or photocopies.
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| [[Anne Gorsuch]],<br />[[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]]
| December 2, 1982<br />Oversight Subcommittee of the [[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Committee on Public Works and Transportation]]<br />
[[United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure|House Committee on Public Works and Transportation]]
| House of Representatives
| [[Stanley S. Harris|U.S. Attorney Stanley S. Harris]] never presented the case to a Grand Jury as required by law.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Maitland|first1=Leslie|date=1983-03-14|title=U.S. ATTORNEY SAID TO ACT ON HIS OWN IN NOT PRESSING BURFORD CASE|language=en-US|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/14/us/us-attorney-said-to-act-on-his-own-in-not-pressing-burford-case.html|access-date=2021-05-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After legal cases and a court dismissal of the Executive Branch's suit, the parties reached an agreement to provide documents and withdrew contempt citation.
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| [[Rita Lavelle]],<br />[[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] official
| April 26, 1983<br />[[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Committee on Energy and Commerce]]
| House of Representatives
| Indicted for contempt of Congress, but acquitted in trial;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/11/13/steve-bannon-contempt-congress-rita-lavelle/|title=Decades before Steve Bannon was charged with contempt of Congress, Rita Lavelle was tried|author=Timothy Bella|date=November 13, 2021|website=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Later convicted for lying to Congress and sentenced to 6 months in prison, 5 years probation thereafter, and a fine of $10,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shabecoff|first=Philip|date=January 10, 1984|title=Rita Lavelle gets 6-month term and is fined $10,000 for perjury|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|page=A1|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/us/rita-lavelle-gets-6-month-term-and-is-fined-10000-for-perjury.html|access-date=July 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | publisher = content.time.com | date = December 12, 1983 | title = Costly Lies: Rita Lavelle is convicted of perjury | url = http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921404,00.html}}</ref>
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| [[Jack Quinn (lawyer)|Jack Quinn]],<br />[[White House Counsel]]
| rowspan="2" | May 9, 1996<br />[[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]
| rowspan="2" | Not considered
| rowspan="2" | Subpoenaed documents were provided hours before the House of Representatives was set to consider the contempt citation.
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|David Watkins,<br />[[White House Office of Administration|White House Director of Administration]]<br />Matthew Moore, White House aide
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| [[Janet Reno]],<br />[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]
| August 6, 1998<br />[[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]
| Not considered
| The majority of documents in question were released following the conclusion of the Department of Justice investigation into campaign finance violations of 1996. However, an additional memo was withheld and later claimed as privileged by the George W. Bush administration.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Marquis|first=Christopher|date=2000-05-19|title=F.B.I. Memo Details Freeh Warning to Reno|language=en-US|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/19/us/fbi-memo-details-freeh-warning-to-reno.html|access-date=2021-05-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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| [[Harriet Miers]],<br />Former [[White House Counsel]]
| rowspan="2" | July 25, 2007<br />[[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|House Committee on the Judiciary]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Stout |first=David |title=Panel Holds Two Bush Aides in Contempt |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 25, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/washington/25cnd-contempt.html |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417111153/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/washington/25cnd-contempt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | February 14, 2008 House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 60 |publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]] |date=February 14, 2008 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2008&rollnumber=60 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |archive-date=February 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227201816/http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2008&rollnumber=60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | On March 4, 2009, Miers and former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bush Karl Rove agreed to testify under oath before Congress about the firings of U.S. attorneys
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|[[Joshua Bolten]], [[White House Chief of Staff]]
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|[[Eric Holder]], [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]
|June 20, 2012 <br /> [[House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Perez |first=Evan |title=House Panel Votes to Hold Holder in Contempt |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304898704577478370452447012 |access-date=June 20, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=June 20, 2012 |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930160327/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304898704577478370452447012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|June 28, 2012 House of Representatives
|Found in contempt by a vote of 255–67<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 441 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |date=June 28, 2012 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll441.xml |access-date=June 29, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017062627/http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll441.xml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 442 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |date=June 28, 2012 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll442.xml |access-date=June 29, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017062636/http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll442.xml |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|[[Lois Lerner]]<br />[[Internal Revenue Service|Director of the IRS Exempt Organizations Division]]
|March 11, 2014 <br /> [[House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oversight.house.gov/report/staff-report-lois-lerners-involvement-irs-targeting-tax-exempt-organizations/|title=Lois Lerner's Involvement in the IRS Targeting of Tax-Exempt Organizations|publisher=United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|website=house.gov|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225142600/http://oversight.house.gov/report/staff-report-lois-lerners-involvement-irs-targeting-tax-exempt-organizations/|archive-date=December 25, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|May 7, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-votes-to-hold-lerner-in-contempt-of-congress|title=House votes to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress|date=May 7, 2014|website=[[Fox News]]|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023072634/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/07/house-votes-to-hold-lerner-in-contempt-congress/|url-status=live}}</ref> House of Representatives
|Found in contempt for her role in the [[2013 IRS controversy]] and refusal to testify. The [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] declined to prosecute. (See: [[Finding Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress (H.Res. 574; 113th Congress)]])
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|[[Bryan Pagliano]]<br />IT director, Hillary Clinton aide
|September 13, 2016 <br /> [[House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]<ref name="pagliano-politico">{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/bryan-pagliano-contempt-house-panel-228520|title=House panel votes to hold Clinton tech aide Bryan Pagliano in contempt|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=[[Politico]]|date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=2018-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019213057/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/bryan-pagliano-contempt-house-panel-228520|archive-date=2018-10-19}}</ref><ref name="pagliano-house-schedule-1">{{cite web|url=https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-preservation-state-department-records/|title=Examining Preservation of State Department Records |publisher=United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|website=oversight.house.gov|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921224359/https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-preservation-state-department-records/|archive-date=2018-09-21|quote=In the event Mr. Pagliano fails to appear, the Committee will consider the following: Resolution and Report recommending that the House of Representatives find Bryan Pagliano in Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with a Subpoena Duly Issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.}}</ref>
| Not considered
|House Committee voted, 19–15, to recommend Pagliano for a contempt resolution for failing to appear during a September 13 and 22, 2016, hearing after being subpoenaed and submitting a written [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment plea]] in lieu of appearing in person.<ref name="pagliano-politico" /><ref name="pagliano-house-schedule-1" /><ref name="pagliano-house-schedule-2">{{cite web|url=https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-preservation-state-department-records-2/|title=Examining Preservation of State Department Federal Records |publisher=United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|website=oversight.house.gov|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922151432/https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-preservation-state-department-records-2/|archive-date=2018-09-22}}</ref> No contempt resolution was considered by the chamber but Committee member [[Jason Chaffetz]] subsequently addressed a letter to the [[United States Attorney General|US Attorney General]], writing as an individual member of Congress, requesting [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] prosecution of Pagliano for misdemeanor "[[wikt:contumacious|contumacious]] conduct."<ref name="pagliano-oversight-press-release">{{cite press release |date=2017-02-17 |title=Chaffetz Asks Justice Department to Uphold Institutional Interests of Congress |url=https://oversight.house.gov/release/chaffetz-asks-justice-department-uphold-institutional-interests-congress/  |publisher=United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |access-date=2018-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005065628/https://oversight.house.gov/release/chaffetz-asks-justice-department-uphold-institutional-interests-congress/|archive-date=2018-10-05}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20181001200720/https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-02-16-JEC-to-Sessions-DOJ-Criminal-Referral-on-Contempt.pdf Archived letter].</ref>
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|[[Backpage.com]]
|March 17, 2016<br />[[United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations]]
|March 17, 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/media/senate-passes-portman-resolution-to-hold-backpagecom-in-contempt-of-congress|title=Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee|website=www.hsgac.senate.gov|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508201748/https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/media/senate-passes-portman-resolution-to-hold-backpagecom-in-contempt-of-congress|url-status=live}}</ref> Senate
|Found in contempt for failing to provide documents in an investigation into human trafficking.
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|[[William P. Barr]], [[United States Attorney General]]
[[Wilbur Ross]], [[United States Secretary of Commerce]]
|House Committee on Oversight and Reform
|July 17, 2019, House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll489.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 489, Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross Jr., Secretary of Commerce, In Contempt of Congress for Refusal to Comply with Subpoenas Duly Issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform|access-date=September 17, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218044720/http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll489.xml|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Refusal to Comply with Subpoenas Duly Issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform
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|[[Chad Wolf]], [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security]]
|September 17, 2020<br />[[United States House Committee on Homeland Security|House Homeland Security Committee]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/chad-wolf-house-subpoena/index.html|title=Chad Wolf defies Subpoena impeached after historic vote|date=2019-12-19|access-date=2019-12-24|language=en-GB|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214030659/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/chad-wolf-house-subpoena/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Not considered
|Acting Homeland Secretary Chad Wolf defies subpoena and skips House hearing as he faces whistleblower allegations that he urged department officials to alter intelligence.
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|[[Steve Bannon]]
|October 18, 2021
[[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-13|title=Steve Bannon Indicted for Criminal Contempt of Congress - November 13, 2021|url=https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/11/13/steve-bannon-indicted-for-criminal-contempt-of-congress/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Daily News Brief|language=en-US}}</ref>
|October 21, 2021, House of Representatives
|Found guilty by a Federal Jury of unlawfully defying a subpoena issued by the [[January 6th Committee]]. Sentenced to 4 months in prison. Began serving his four-month prison sentence on July 1, 2024, after his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news|date=2024-07-01|url=https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-contempt-sentence-federal-prison-trump-77353a10250c36f77b2c1b7d188c5250|title=Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges|access-date=1 July 2024|website=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Mark Randall Meadows|Mark Meadows]], White House Chief of Staff
|December 13, 2021
[[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/13/mark-meadows-house-contempt/6493528001/|title=Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows held in contempt by House Jan. 6 committee |first=Bart|last=Jansen|work=USA Today|date=2021-12-13|access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref>
|House of Representatives
|On December 14, 2021, House of Representatives voted 222–203 to hold Meadows in contempt for defying a [[January 6 Committee]] subpoena.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dickson |first1=Caitlyn|title=House votes for Meadows to face criminal charges for defying Jan. 6 probe|url=https://news.yahoo.com/house-votes-for-meadows-to-face-criminal-charges-for-defying-jan-6-probe-041359696.html |date=December 14, 2021|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mark-meadows-capitol-riot-congress-contempt-b1976232.html|title=Mark Meadows: House votes to hold ex-Trump aide in contempt of Congress and refers him for prosecution|first1=Andrew|last1=Feinberg|first2=Eric|last2=Garcia|work=[[The Independent]]|date=December 15, 2021|accessdate=July 1, 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Peter Navarro]], White House Adviser
|February 23, 2022
[[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]]
|House of Representatives
|Found guilty by a Federal Jury of contempt of Congress by unlawfully defying a subpoena issued by the [[January 6th Committee]] on September 7, 2023. Began serving his 4-month sentence on March 19, 2024, after his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-03-19|title=Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro reports to prison on contempt of Congress conviction|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ex-trump-adviser-peter-navarro-reports-prison-contempt-congress-convic-rcna144043|access-date=May 16, 2024|website=NBC News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[Dan Scavino]], White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications
|February 23, 2022
[[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]]
|House of Representatives
|On April 6, 2022, House of Representatives voted 220–203 to hold Scavino in contempt for defying a [[January 6 Committee]] subpoena.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/house-votes-dan-scavino-peter-navarro-in-contempt-00023619|title=House votes to hold Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro in contempt|first1=Nicholas|last1=Wu|first2=Kyle|last2=Cheney|publisher=Politico|date=April 6, 2022|accessdate=July 1, 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Hunter Biden]], son of President Joe Biden
|January 10, 2024
House Committee on the Judiciary, House Committee on Oversight and Reform<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-vote-resolutions-hold-hunter-biden-contempt-congress-rcna133206|title=GOP-led committees vote to recommend that House hold Hunter Biden in contempt|first1=Sarah|last1=Fitzpatrick|first2=Summer|last2=Concepcion|first3=Zoë|last3=Richards|publisher=NBC News|date=January 10, 2024|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
|House of Representatives<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-contempt-of-congress-house-vote/|title=House to vote next week on holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress|first=Kathryn|last=Watson|publisher=CBS News|date=January 12, 2024|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
|Biden agrees to provide a deposition to Committee on Oversight and Reform.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-18 |title=Hunter Biden agrees to deposition with House Republican after months of defiance, committee says |url=https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-congress-contempt-subpoena-058b67e9d69bd12d14b8e395c2aadaf0 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Merrick Garland]], U.S. Attorney General
|June 12, 2024
House Committee on the Judiciary
|House of Representatives
|Found in contempt by a 216–207 vote for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House Judiciary and Oversight committees.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-merrick-garland-contempt-biden-audio-recordings/ |title=House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio |date=June 12, 2024 |last=Yilek |first=Caitlin |publisher=[[CBS News]] |access-date=June 12, 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Merrick Garland]], U.S. Attorney General
|July 10, 2024
Brought forward by a privileged resolution written by [[U.S. Representative]] [[Anna Paulina Luna]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brooks |first1=Emily |title=Luna moves to force vote on fining Garland $10,000 per day |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4764541-luna-garland-inherent-contempt/ |work=The Hill |access-date=23 September 2024 |date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
|House of Representatives<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tarinelli |first1=Ryan |title=House rejects 'inherent contempt' resolution for Garland over tape of Biden interview |url=https://rollcall.com/2024/07/11/house-rejects-inherent-contempt-resolution-for-garland-over-tape-of-biden-interview/ |publisher=Roll Call |access-date=23 September 2024 |date=11 July 2024}}</ref>
|On July 11, the [[United States House of Representatives]] found Garland not in "inherent contempt" by a 204–210 vote.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Scott |last2=Stewart |first2=Kyle |title=Republicans fail to hold AG Merrick Garland in contempt and fine him over Biden audiotapes |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-bill-hold-ag-garland-contempt-fine-biden-audiotapes-fails-rcna160898 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=23 September 2024 |date=11 July 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Ralph de la Torre]], CEO of [[Steward Health Care]]
|September 19, 2024<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pressman |first=Aaron |date=September 19, 2024 |title=Senate panel votes to hold Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/19/business/senate-looks-punish-steward-ceo-de-la-torre-failure-testify/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925232737/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/19/business/senate-looks-punish-steward-ceo-de-la-torre-failure-testify/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref>
[[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions]] (HELP)
|Senate<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Maya |date=September 25, 2024 |title=US Senate votes unanimously to hold hospital CEO in criminal contempt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/ralph-de-la-torre-congress-criminal-contempt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925230857/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/ralph-de-la-torre-congress-criminal-contempt |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
|Found in criminal contempt by unanimous consent on September 25, 2024.<ref name=":0" /> Certification of civil contempt charge is pending submission of a report by the HELP Committee.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Pressman |first1=Aaron |last2=Puzzanghera |first2=Jim |date=September 25, 2024 |title=Steward CEO could face prison time after rare Senate vote to punish him for flouting subpoena |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/25/business/ralph-de-la-torre-contempt-charge-senate-justice-department/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925233305/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/25/business/ralph-de-la-torre-contempt-charge-senate-justice-department/ |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |access-date=September 25, 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref>
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|[[Antony Blinken]], U.S. Secretary of State
|September 24, 2024
[[House Foreign Affairs Committee]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zengerle |first1=Patricia |title=US House committee recommends contempt charge for Blinken |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-committee-recommends-contempt-charge-blinken-2024-09-24/ |work=Reuters |access-date=24 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}}</ref>
|Not considered
|The full House of Representatives has not yet scheduled a vote on the committee's recommendation. However, the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]], [[Mike Johnson]], commented that he expected the measure would likely not be taken up for a vote until after the presidential election.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Amiri |first1=Farnoush |last2=Lee |first2=Matthew |title=House Republicans advance contempt charges against Secretary Blinken over Afghanistan testimony |url=https://apnews.com/article/blinken-mccaul-afghanistan-withdrawal-kabul-trump-biden-harris-republican-0a496c8a30065e6773a1fcc60fdcd775 |work=Associated Press News |access-date=24 September 2024 |date=24 September 2024}}</ref>
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