Monday is the deadline for Attorney General Merrick Garland to subpoena audio recordings of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Biden to House Republicans, or risk being held in contempt of Congress. There is.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) held Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over records from the Justice Department. He threatened to charge him with a crime. Last month, they set a Monday, April 8 deadline for Garland to comply.
“The Department continues to withhold additional material in response to the committee’s subpoenas, particularly audio recordings of Special Counsel Ha’s interviews.” president biden “The February 27 subpoena created a legal obligation to produce this material,” Comer and Jordan wrote.
Mr. Huh testifies that Mr. Biden “intentionally retained classified materials,” and prosecutors “had no choice but to take into account” his mental state.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting with U.S. Attorney Damien Williams (not pictured) and federal, state, and local law enforcement leaders on November 27, 2023, in New York City. (Eduardo Muñoz/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Mr. Huh testifies that he has “identified evidence” that Mr. Biden’s motives for keeping secret records were “pride and money.”
Comer and Jordan said they expect Garland to “create all responsive materials no later than April 8, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.”
“If they do not, the committee will consider further action, including invoking contempt of Congress,” they wrote.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), left, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right. (Getty Images)
Mr. Comer and Mr. Jordan asked the Justice Department to provide transcripts and audio recordings of Mr. Xu’s interview with Mr. Biden.
Hours before Mr. Xu was scheduled to testify publicly earlier this month, the Justice Department provided the committee with two redacted transcripts of interviews between Mr. Xu and Mr. Biden.
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However, the Justice Department did not produce an audio recording of the interview. Mr. Comer and Mr. Jordan said the committee had given “particular priority” to the production of these audio recordings.
Meanwhile, Comer and Jordan subpoenaed Mark Zwonitzer last month. The subpoena forces Zwonitzer to turn over all documents and communications with Biden or his staff related to his ghostwriting work on Biden’s memoir, “Promise Me, Dad,” including emails and phone records. I am forcing myself to do so.
The subpoena also requires Mr. Zwonitzer to produce audio recordings of his interviews and conversations with Mr. Biden, as well as transcripts of those conversations and interviews, as well as all contracts and agreements related to his work. are forced to do so.
Special Counsel Robert Hur testified to Congress on the investigation into President Joe Biden’s classified documents scandal. (Getty Images)
Although the president insists he did not share classified information with Zwonitzer, Hsu’s report released last month said Biden “read the notes almost verbatim, sometimes for more than an hour at a time.” “I read the notes at least three times.” That’s the number of times President Biden read classified National Security Council memos to Zwonitzer “almost verbatim.”
Mr. Xu testified earlier this month that Mr. Zvonitzer “slipped audio and transcripts of his conversations with Mr. Biden into the trash on his computer” after learning that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate the matter. did.
At Xu’s hearing earlier this month, Jordan asked whether the ghostwriter had tried to “destroy evidence.”
“That’s right,” Hoare testified.
Ha, who? published his report After months of investigation, Trump told the nation in February that he did not recommend criminal charges against Biden for mishandling and storing classified documents, and that he had no intention of filing charges against Biden even if he was not in the Oval Office. He said no.
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These records include classified documents regarding the military and foreign policy of Afghanistan and other countries, including records related to national security and foreign policy, which are classified as “classified”. sources and methods,” Hoare said.
In his report, Hoar described Biden as a “sympathetic and well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory,” a description that raises serious concerns about Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign. .
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