{"id":2245807,"date":"2024-05-16T09:50:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-asserts-executive-privilege-over-robert-hur-interview-tapes\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T09:52:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:52:25","slug":"biden-asserts-executive-privilege-over-robert-hur-interview-tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-asserts-executive-privilege-over-robert-hur-interview-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden claims executive privilege on Hur interview tapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-asserts-executive-privilege-over-robert-hur-interview-tapes%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=2245807&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>President Joe\u200c Biden asserts executive privilege to oppose House \u2062Republicans\u2019 move to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. This action relates to tapes linked to Robert Hur\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">special counsel investigation<\/a>. Read more\u2063 about this issue \u2064by clicking the\u2063 &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button. President Joe Biden \u2064asserts executive privilege to oppose House Republicans\u2019 attempt to \u2062hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in\u200b contempt of Congress, concerning tapes from Robert Hur\u2019s special counsel investigation. For further\u200b details, click the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button.  <\/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<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> has undercut House Republican endeavors to hold Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/merrick-garland\/\" title=\"General Merrick Garland\">General Merrick Garland<\/a> in contempt of Congress by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lefty-professor-demanding-justice-thomas-recuse-over-wifes-texts-accidentally-explains-why-he-shouldnt\/\" title=\"Lefty Professor Demanding Justice Thomas Recuse Over Wife\u2019s Texts Accidentally Explains Why He Shouldn\u2019t\">asserting executive privilege<\/a> over tapes related to special counsel Robert Hur\u2019s investigation into his handling of classified documents.<\/p>\n<p>The White House advised House Oversight and Judiciary Committee Chairmen James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) of Biden\u2019s decision regarding the tapes of his interview with Hur and his memoir ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, which have been subpoenaed by Comer and Jordan\u2019s panels, through a letter from White House General Counsel Edward Siskel, obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the President\u2019s longstanding commitment to protecting the integrity, effectiveness, and independence of the Department of Justice and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-legal-director-retracts-tweet-criticizing-supreme-court-decision-after-learning-employer-filed-brief-in-support-of-plaintiffs\/\" title=\"ACLU Legal Director Retracts Tweet Criticizing Supreme Court Decision After Learning Employer Filed Brief In Support Of Plaintiffs\">law enforcement investigations<\/a>, he has decided to assert executive privilege over the recordings,\u201d Siskel wrote Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Siskel underscored Biden\u2019s cooperation with Hur and lawmakers interested in the special counsel\u2019s investigation, adding the president did not assert executive privilege over Hur\u2019s report. The White House and Biden\u2019s personal attorneys, most notably Bob Bauer, however, did try to discourage Hur from including assessments of Biden\u2019s mental acuity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, the Attorney General has warned that the disclosure of materials like these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-exerts-executive-privilege-over-robert-hur-tapes\/\" title=\"Biden asserts executive privilege on Robert Hur tapes\">audio recordings risks harming future law enforcement investigations<\/a> by making it less likely that witnesses in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-set-to-make-5-1m-profit-from-book-about-covid-19-leadership\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo set to make .1M profit from book about COVID-19 leadership\">high-profile investigations<\/a> will voluntarily cooperate,\u201d Siskel wrote. \u201cIn fact, even a past President and Attorney General from your own party recognized the need to protect this type of law enforcement material from disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal \u2014 to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes,\u201d he added. \u201cDemanding such sensitive and constitutionally-protected law enforcement materials from the Executive Branch because you want to manipulate them for potential political gain is inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden uses executive privilege to block House Republicans&#8217; attempts to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over tapes from Robert Hur&#8217;s probe. 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