Biden asserts executive privilege over audio for interview with special counsel Hur

the justice department informing House Republicans President Biden will not release the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert her claiming executive privilege it's a move the doj says effectively Shields attorney general Merrick garland from any criminal exposure as Republican lawmakers push to hold Garland in contempt let's bring in ABC News senior Justice reporter Jack de Jack uh remind us how we got here and and what's the latest this morning so you remember back in February when uh special Council Robert her released his report uh her was investigating how Joe Biden had handled classified information over a long period of time over 40 years uh from his Time dating back to when he was in the Senate uh the report wasn't particularly flattering making references uh to how a jury might regard his age and perhaps his his uh his memory issues uh he didn't have complete recall uh so once this got in the hands of a couple of house committees Republicans in the house of repres Representatives wanted more information from the investigation in particular they wanted a complete uh interview transcript they also wanted the recording of the interview that her did with President Trump now the justice department did provide some level of cooperation providing a complete transcript of the interview but they drew the line at providing the recordings and that's what the Justice or that's what Republicans in the house have been seeking and now Republicans want to hold the Attorney General in contempt this morning the justice department is announcing uh along with the White House that they're exercising executive privilege over these materials making it really difficult for the house to really seek that uh even through litigation because the executive privilege claims have held up in court pretty well over the years all right jack thanks so much

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Published: Thu May 16 2024