Ryan J. Reilly is a justice reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over an audio recording of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, the Republican federal prosecutor who declined to recommend charges against the president over his handling of classified documents. White House counsel Ed Siskel notified Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan of the decision in a letter on Thursday. The decision came after Attorney General Merrick Garland recommended that Biden assert executive privilege.
Garland wrote in a separate letter to Biden that the audio recordings of his interview 'fall within the scope of executive privilege,' and that giving the recordings to Congress 'would raise an unacceptable risk of undermining the Department’s ability to conduct similar high-profile criminal investigations-in particular, investigations where the voluntary cooperation of White House officials is exceedingly important.
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