Republicans allege that Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice have not been impartial in their investigations into President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.
"As a long-practicing attorney, they are not the same thing. The audio is the best evidence of what he said, how he said it, the time that it took for him to say it, and in what ways they may have altered that transcript." said Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming."The moment that they released the transcript and said 'This is the interview,' they waived their ability to claim any kind of a privilege and they don't have a legally valid privilege.
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