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Biden Document Report / Re: Biden asserts executive privilege over recordings from classified documents probe
« Last post by mountaineer on Today at 01:55:26 pm »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
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
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Biden invokes executive privilege to prevent release of recording with Special Counsel HurJustTheNews
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. ...