{"id":2293620,"date":"2024-07-12T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-urges-court-to-expedite-enforcing-hur-audio-subpoena-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:39:14","slug":"house-urges-court-to-expedite-enforcing-hur-audio-subpoena-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-urges-court-to-expedite-enforcing-hur-audio-subpoena-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House urges court to expedite enforcing Hur audio subpoena &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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-urges-court-to-expedite-enforcing-hur-audio-subpoena-washington-examiner%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=2293620&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>The House Judiciary Committee has urged a judge to expedite the enforcement of a\u2062 subpoena for\u200c audio\u2062 recordings of\u2064 an interview between \u2064former special counsel Robert Hur and President\u200d Joe Biden. House\u200b attorneys argue that the recordings are needed \u200bfor\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-blocks-bipartisan-lawmakers-from-accessing-afghan-evacuee-holding-site\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Blocks Bipartisan Lawmakers From Accessing Afghan Evacuee Holding Site\">oversight duties<\/a> and to conclude an \u2063impeachment inquiry into \u200dthe president. This \u200crequest comes during \u2062a fight\u2064 between House Republicans\u200d and the Department of Justice over obtaining the tapes, with Republicans arguing\u2062 that the\u2062 audio is crucial evidence\u2064 that transcripts\u200d do not \u200ccapture. The DOJ has refused to \u2063provide the audio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-granted-immunity-in-trump-dc-election-case-report\/\" title=\"Mark Meadows given immunity in Trump&#039;s DC election case: Report.\">citing executive\u2064 privilege<\/a> and concerns\u200c about future investigations. Lawmakers are seeking a \u2062preliminary injunction to \u200bspeed up the\u200d process, as they\u200d believe the need for the audio is urgent.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House urges court to expedite enforcing Hur audio subpoena<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/ashley-oliver\/\">Ashley Oliver<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T15:21:02-04:00\">July 12, 2024 3:21 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1692471\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The House Judiciary Committee asked a judge on Friday to speed up forcing Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/merrick-garland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merrick Garland<\/a> to hand over audio recordings of an interview between former special counsel Robert Hur and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/68903674\/11\/committee-on-the-judiciary-of-the-us-house-of-representatives-v-garland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in court papers that a preliminary injunction was necessary because the \u201cclock on the 118th Congress\u201d is \u201cticking,\u201d and the audio recordings were needed for lawmakers to perform their oversight duties adequately and conclude their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impeachment<\/a> inquiry into the president.<\/p>\n<p>The request comes as part of House Republicans\u2019 fight with the Department of Justice to obtain tapes from the interview Hur conducted last fall with Biden during his inquiry into the president\u2019s handling of classified material. Biden, 81, came off as a \u201cwell-meaning, elderly man\u201d with a declining memory during the interview, Hur said. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/running-cover-for-bidens-senility-is-the-umpteenth-example-of-how-media-interfere-in-elections\/\" title=\"Media Interference in Elections: Running Cover for Biden&#039;s Senility\">special counsel declined<\/a> to prosecute him for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-calls-legit-criticism-of-corrupt-fbi-violence-but-we-werent-born-yesterday-2\/\" title=\"FBI Director Calls Legit Criticism Of Corrupt FBI \u2018Violence,\u2019 But We Weren\u2019t Born Yesterday\">mishandling classified documents<\/a> in part for that reason.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ provided a transcript of the interview, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> argued that was insufficient and that the audio tapes of it were the \u201cbest evidence\u201d for lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transcripts do not capture either verbal context (tone, emphasis, inflection, volume, and pace) or nonverbal context (hesitating and pausing),\u201d House attorneys wrote, adding that the transcripts also did not include \u201cfiller words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ has refused to provide the audio, arguing it is protected by executive privilege, would serve to discourage witnesses from working with the department in future investigations, and would be prone to AI manipulation. Democrats have said Republicans\u2019 effort to obtain the recordings is driven by their purported desire to seize on the widespread concerns about Biden\u2019s mental fitness and to use it against his reelection campaign and to boost former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After subpoenaing Garland for the tapes to no avail, the House threatened to hold Garland in contempt of Congress over the matter, prompting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> to assert executive privilege over the tapes in mid-May. Republicans voted to hold Garland in contempt one month later, and then they filed their lawsuit on July 1. They argued in their complaint that DOJ\u2019s claim of executive privilege over the audio but not the transcript was a \u201cfrivolous assertion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Court processes can take months or longer to play out, and House attorneys argued Friday that lawmakers\u2019 need for the audio was urgent. A preliminary injunction, if granted, would involve Judge Amy Berman Jackson immediately ordering Garland to comply with the subpoena while the judge works to reach a final ruling on the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee\u2019s injury is temporal, too,\u201d House attorneys argued. \u201cAnd the harm caused by the deprivation of information, compounded by the ticking clock, is particularly acute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s push for the tapes comes as others, including the conservative watchdog Judicial Watch and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/CNN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a>-led media coalition, are also engaged in a legal battle with the DOJ to obtain the audio.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0groups have filed lawsuits of their own to enforce Freedom of Information Act requests, and the DOJ is raising similar objections about executive privilege to argue the recordings are exempt under FOIA.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ declined to comment on the request for a preliminary injunction.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1692471\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1692471\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Judiciary Committee is requesting a judge to expedite the enforcement of a subpoena for audio recordings of an interview between former special counsel Robert Hur and President Joe Biden. House attorneys argue that the recordings are necessary for lawmakers to properly conduct oversight and conclude their impeachment inquiry into the president. The request is part of a dispute between House Republicans and the Department of Justice over obtaining the tapes, with the DOJ citing executive privilege as a reason for not providing the audio. The House is seeking a preliminary injunction to compel the DOJ to comply with the subpoena promptly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2293621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-NATO-press-conference.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20712,4733,3653],"class_list":["post-2293620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-expedite","tag-court","tag-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Joe-Biden-NATO-press-conference.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293620","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}