Officials said GOP lawmakers already have transcripts of special counsel Robert Hur interviewing President Biden and may want the audio to score political points
Justice Department officials told House Republicans they don’t intend to provide audio recordings of President Biden’s interviews with the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified documents — suggesting that since lawmakers already have theCarlos Uriarte, a senior Justice Department official, sent the letter to Rep. Jim Jordan , the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. James Comer the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
“The Committees’ reaction is difficult to explain in terms of any lack of information or frustration of any informational or investigative imperative, given the Department’s actual conduct,” Uriarte wrote. “We are therefore concerned that the Committees are disappointed not because you didn’t receive information, but because you did.
Hur’s investigation found that after Biden finished his term as vice president, he shared with the ghostwriter some of the classified information he had written years earlier in notebooks.
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