House Republicans want to hold the attorney general in contempt over the department's refusal to hand over an audio recording of a special counsel's interview with the president.
President Biden has asserted executive privilege over the audio recordings of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur about Biden's handling of classified documents, according to the White House and the Justice Department.
In his report, Hur described Biden as"an elderly man with a poor memory," remarks that angered the White House and its Democratic allies. House Republicans have pressed their demands for the audio itself, saying the committees get to determine what materials they need for their investigation, not the White House.
"We have gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the committees get responses to their legitimate requests but this is not one," Garland said."To the contrary, this is one that would harm our ability in the future to successfully pursue sensitive investigations." But he said the committees have failed to identified a need for the audio files of Biden's interview with Hur that would"serve the asserted purposes of your investigations."
"Production of these recordings to the Committees 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," he wrote.
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