Biden Asserts Executive Privilege Over Audio of Interview With Robert Hur from habib new audio song war Watch Video

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Biden Asserts Executive Privilege , Over Audio of Interview With Robert Hur.<br/>In February, Hur's yearlong investigation <br/>into whether President Biden mishandled classified documents ended without enough evidence to support criminal charges.<br/>In February, Hur's yearlong investigation <br/>into whether President Biden mishandled classified documents ended without enough evidence to support criminal charges.<br/>House Republicans were provided a <br/>transcript of Biden's interview with Hur, but they wanted the audio, which the DOJ denied.<br/>As a result, House Republicans were <br/>moving to hold Attorney General <br/>Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.<br/>On May 16, the Department of Justice told House Republicans that the president asserted executive privilege over audio from his interview with the special counsel.<br/>The move protects Garland from criminal exposure as GOP lawmakers seek to hold him accountable.<br/>Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte <br/>explained the DOJ's actions in a letter.<br/>The Attorney General must draw a line <br/>that safeguards the Department from <br/>improper political influence and protects <br/>our principles, our law enforcement work, <br/>and the people who carry out that work <br/>independently, without fear or favor, Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte, via letter .<br/>The Committees seek to hold the <br/>Attorney General in contempt <br/>not for failing in his duties, <br/>but for upholding them, Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte, via letter .<br/>With the information you now have, <br/>the Committees ought not to proceed <br/>with contempt and should instead avoid <br/>unnecessary and unwarranted conflict, Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte, via letter .<br/>White House Counsel Ed Siskel also wrote a letter supporting the assertion of executive privilege. .<br/>The absence of a legitimate need <br/>for the audio recordings lays bare <br/>your likely goal—to chop them up, <br/>distort them, and use them for <br/>partisan political purposes, White House Counsel Ed Siskel, via letter