The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favour of holding US Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over his handling of the Biden classified documents case, in a move that is expected to be of little consequence. Just one Republican sided with the Democrats against prosecution. Seven Democrats and one Republican abstained. In a statement released after the vote, Garland said Republicans had “turned a serious congressional authority into a partisan weapon.” Republicans have been calling on the attorney general to release a tape from a probe…