Why Attorney General Merrick Garland Just Got Slapped With a Lawsuit
Spencer Brown
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July 01, 2024 1:30 PM
The House Judiciary Committee is escalating its efforts to obtain the audio recording of President Joe Biden's interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur by filing a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland in his official capacity.
The complaint filed on Monday explains that the dispute "is principally about a frivolous assertion of executive privilege" that has prevented the House lawmakers working to conduct oversight of President Biden and his administration from obtaining the recordings of interviews even after the transcripts were publicly released.
"As part of its oversight investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) commitment to impartial justice and its impeachment inquiry into President Joseph Biden, the Judiciary Committee issued a Subpoena to Attorney General Merrick Garland to obtain records related to Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation of President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents," the committee's complaint reiterates. "Among other things, the Committee sought materials related to the Special Counsel’s interviews with President Biden and Mark Zwonitzer, the ghostwriter of President Biden’s 2017 memoir."
Despite these defied subpoenas — which eventually escalated to the point of holding Attorney General Garland in contempt of Congress — the Justice Department continues to obstruct the release of the recordings at issue.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/07/01/house-judiciary-committee-sues-merrick-garland-for-biden-interview-tapes-n2641210
