{"id":2222456,"date":"2024-04-16T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T15:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T19:15:11","slug":"house-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans grant AG Merrick Garland another opportunity to provide audio from Biden documents investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222456&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Attorney General Merrick Garland has been given another opportunity to provide\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-gaetz-names-ex-doj-official-he-claims-tried-to-extort-millions-promised-biden-pardon\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Gaetz Names Ex-DOJ Official He Claims Tried To Extort Millions, Promised Biden Pardon\">audio recordings<\/a> from Robert Hur&#8217;s investigation into President \u2064Joe Biden&#8217;s handling of classified\u2062 documents to House Republicans. \u200cIf full compliance is not met\u200c by April 25, 2024, contempt of Congress proceedings \u2062might\u200d be\u2064 initiated, as House Republicans insist on access to all relevant \u2062materials. House Republicans have granted \u200dAttorney General Merrick Garland another\u200c chance to\u200c supply audio recordings from Robert \u2062Hur&#8217;s inquiry\u200b into President Joe \u200cBiden&#8217;s management of sensitive\u200d documents. Failure \u200bto fully comply by April 25, 2024, could result\u2064 in contempt of Congress\u2062 actions, emphasizing \u200dthe\u2062 Republicans&#8217; push for access to complete documentation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/merrick-garland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merrick Garland<\/a> is getting another chance to deliver audio recordings from special counsel Robert Hur\u2019s investigation into President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s handling of classified documents to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/james-comer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) and Judiciary Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jim-jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Jordan<\/a> (R-OH) sent a letter to Garland on Monday saying he had 10 more days to fully comply with their February subpoenas or face contempt of Congress proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour response to the subpoenas remains inadequate, suggesting that you are withholding records for partisan purposes and to avoid political embarrassment for President Biden,\u201d the pair wrote, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/04\/16\/jim-jordan-james-comer-robert-hur-transcript-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">copy of the letter obtained<\/a> by The Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers said they will have \u201cno choice but to invoke contempt of Congress proceedings\u201d unless they are given the audio recordings of Hur\u2019s interview with Biden and of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">special counsel\u2019<\/a>s interview with Biden\u2019s ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo avoid this, the Committees expect you to produce all responsive materials no later than 12:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024,\u201d Comer and Jordan added.<\/p>\n<p>The two chairmen had previously set an April 8 deadline, warning their committees would \u201cconsider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings\u201d without full compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/garland-risks-contempt-of-congress-as-doj-spurns-house-gop-demand-for-biden-audio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent<\/a> a letter to the lawmakers on April 8, saying a transcript for the two-day interview with Biden already provided to them should be sufficient. A transcript of Hur\u2019s interview with Zwonitzer was also given.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice is \u201cconcerned\u201d about the demands \u201cthat is cumulative of information we already gave you\u201d and they indicate lawmakers want it for \u201cpolitical purposes\u201d rather than \u201clegitimate oversight or investigatory functions,\u201d Uriarte said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1713368476293000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0HZF-chSmGRTwvVi8yTUG1\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hur\u2019s report, which was released in February, criticized Biden\u2019s retention of classified records while out of office, yet the prosecutor declined to recommend charges.<\/p>\n<p>The report described Biden as a \u201csympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory\u201d whom a jury likely would not convict \u201cof a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hur also found that Zwonitzer deleted recordings of conversations he had with Biden upon learning about the documents inquiry.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/garland-risks-contempt-of-congress-as-doj-spurns-house-gop-demand-for-biden-audio\/\" title=\"Garland faces potential contempt of Congress as DOJ rejects House GOP's request for Biden audio\">ghostwriter provided \u201cplausible<\/a>, innocent reasons\u201d for his actions during the interview and Hur said he ultimately determined the evidence would not suffice for a conviction on obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and the White House have pushed back against Hur\u2019s characterizations in his report, but Garland insisted that it would have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/garland-says-censoring-hurs-biden-docs-report-would-have-been-absurd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cabsurd\u201d<\/a> for someone in his position to have edited or censored the special counsel\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n<p>During testimony on Tuesday, Garland <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1780261901768831242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acknowledged<\/a> his agency sent correspondence \u201cexplaining our position with respect to the recordings\u201d and noted the \u201clongstanding practice\u201d of keeping witness records confidential to not \u201cchill\u201d future investigations.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are giving Attorney General Merrick Garland another opportunity to provide audio recordings from special counsel Robert Hur\u2019s investigation into President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of classified documents. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) from House Oversight and Judiciary Committees sent a letter to Garland, granting him 10 days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2222457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147853956-scaled-e1713286545138.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147853956-scaled-e1713286545138.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}