The House Judiciary Committee on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland to compel the Justice Department to turn over audio tapes of President Biden's interview with the special counsel who oversaw his classified documents case.
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Thursday, June 27, 2024.
That context, the committee argued, is especially important because Mr. Hur concluded in his final report declining to bring charges against Mr. Biden that a jury might be sympathetic toward the president because he came across as “a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” The committee called the assertion of executive privilege over the tapes “frivolous,” arguing that the White House waived any potential privilege claims over the interview by releasing the transcript.
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