The U.S. House on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas to turn over audio of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
The Justice Department notified House Republicans on Monday that it won’t turn over an audio recording of President Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur, even as the GOP threatens to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, Reuters reports.
Special Counsel Robert Hur was grilled by congressional Republicans and Democrats for more than four hours Tuesday about his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents.
Special counsel Robert Hur is set to testify before Congress on Tuesday after finishing a yearlong investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents.
House Republicans subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday for records related to special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents.
Lawyers for the White House and President Biden vehemently objected to the special counsel report on the president’s memory in letters to the Justice Department.
The special counsel investigating President Biden’s handling of classified documents recommended no criminal charges, but it paints a harsh picture of a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” and “diminished faculties in advancing age.”
Special counsel Robert Hur interviewed President Biden over a two-day period as part of an investigation into his handling of classified documents, the White House disclosed Monday.
