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good to be with you, i m alex witt in for katy tur. we re right now following breaking news out of washington where the justice department has just announced it will not prosecute attorney general merrick garland for contempt of congress saying in a letter that garland s refusal to hand over audio of president biden s interview with robert hur to gop lawmakers was not a crime. joining us now from capitol hill is correspondent julie tsirkin. so let s interpret what this all means. i guess the implication being this was a political maneuver by congress. reporter: first of all, alex, this was as expected. congress, even republicans here who pushed this contempt vote. remember that just happened a couple of days ago, they successfully voted on party lines pretty much, except for one republican, to hold merrick garland in contempt of congress because he did not turn over those tapes from biden s interview with special counsel hur, and the classified documents case, republi ....

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