Biden asserts executive privilege over recordings from classified documents probe

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Biden asserts executive privilege over recordings from classified documents probe

The White House has 'protective assertion of privilege over any remaining materials responsive to the subpoenas that have not already been produced'

By Emma Colton , David Spunt Fox News
Published May 16, 2024 8:49am EDT | Updated May 16, 2024 9:08am EDT

The White House asserted executive privilege over audio and video recordings related to Special Counsel Robert Hur's interviews with President Biden.

"I write to inform you that the President has asserted executive privilege over the requested audio recordings and is making a protective assertion of privilege over any remaining materials responsive to the subpoenas that have not already been produced," Associate Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote in a letter Thursday to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, chairmen of the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Oversight and Accountability, respectively.

"It is the longstanding position of the executive branch held by administrations of both parties that an official who asserts the President’s claim of executive privilege cannot be prosecuted for criminal contempt of Congress."

Hur led the investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents following his departure as vice president under the Obama administration. Hur announced in February that he would not recommend criminal charges against Biden for possessing classified materials after his vice presidency, citing that Biden is "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

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From the "transparent" administration with nothing to hide.

https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1791091258351362280

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Remember when Hurr released a report saying that Biden was senile during an interview?
Remember when the White House said it was misinformation & the media played along?
The White House just blocked the audio.

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1791090179144311275

Biden invokes executive privilege to prevent release of recording with Special Counsel Hur
The Justice Department's Legal Counsel Office said the recording should be considered protected by executive privilege
Madeleine Hubbard
May 16, 2024

President Joe Biden on Thursday claimed the recording of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur about his retention of classified documents should not be released due to executive privilege just hours before House Republicans were set to move toward holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not releasing the recordings.

The Justice Department's Legal Counsel Office said the recording should be considered protected by executive privilege, and Garland should not be punished for not releasing it, Associate Attorney General Carlos Uriatre said. ...

"It is the longstanding position of the executive branch held by administrations of both parties that an official who asserts the president’s claim of executive privilege cannot be held in contempt of Congress," he also wrote, per the Associated Press. ...

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