 It's important to note that when an individual is called before courts across the country, they appear. Why should the Attorney General, who is supposed to be head of all law enforcement authorities, any different? And it comes after the Department of Justice refused to act on the contempt resolution passed by the GOP earlier this month. House Republicans held Garland in contempt of Congress for not turning over audio recordings of special counsel Robert Herr's interviews with President Biden despite a subpoena.