The White House claimed executive privilege over audio and video recordings related to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s meeting with President Biden.
Deputy Attorney General Carlos Uriarte said: “To inform you that the President is claiming executive privilege over the requested audio recordings and is also asserting protection over the remaining materials in response to the subpoena that have not yet been filed.” I wrote a letter to.” On Thursday, it sent a letter to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, the chairs of the Judiciary Committee and the Oversight and Accountability Committee, respectively.
President Biden speaks at a campaign event at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Hannah Baier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“It has been the long-standing position of the executive branch under administrations of both parties that officials asserting claims of presidential executive privilege cannot be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.”
The letter said presidential privilege includes interviews with Biden and his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.
The DNC paid a lawyer to represent President Biden as he was under investigation by special counsel Robert Hur over his possession of classified documents. (Getty Images)
“The audio recordings of your interview and Mr. Zwonitzer’s interview are within executive privilege. Providing these recordings to the committee would not be necessary for similar high-profile criminal investigations, especially for White House officials. The voluntary cooperation of these individuals is critical to this investigation,” Attorney General Merrick Garland wrote to Biden in a letter obtained by Fox News.
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