Biden invokes executive privilege to shield Robert Hur interview tapes from House

[Speedy]

Seems Biden has something he wants to hide.

https://www.aol.com/biden-invokes-execut...14997.html

President Joe Biden invoked executive privilege Thursday to keep the recording of his deposition about storing classified documents at his home confidential, as House Republicans set two committee votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to release the recording.

The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel determined the recording falls under executive privilege and Garland shouldn't be punished for following the president's order to keep the recording confidential, according to Carlos Uriarte, an associate attorney general.

The Office of Legal Counsel has long held that executive privilege extends to a "closed criminal investigation where disclosure is likely to damage future law enforcement efforts," Garland wrote to Biden on Wednesday.

The confrontation creates another election-year flashpoint between Republicans who have threatened Biden and Garland with impeachment and the Democratic administration dismissing the charges as partisan theater. At issue is recordings of the controversial interview that led Special Counsel Robert Hur to report that Biden is a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

[Acer]

What could he be hiding that we would not see in thousands of hours of public appearances? For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz45sMb4js8

[PeterB]

I think what he's afraid of (rightly so) is the recordings being used against him in the campaign, to reinforce the "he's too old" meme. Then there's also the fact that he was being asked about some deeply personal things, like the death of his son, that arguably have nothing to do with what he was being accused of.

If they want these to be made public, fine. But then we also need to have public ALL the recordings of Dump's depositions.

[Ted King]

This is nothing compared to the widespread recalcitrance of Trump's people refusing Congressional subpoenas. Piss on 'em.

[$tevie]

Ooh, executive privilege is only for Republicans, Joe, or are you too elderly and forgetful to remember that?

[cbelt3]

WHILE you’re President? That’s cool. I expect that.

[mrbigstuff]

and when he's asked about this at the "debate," he needs to be ready to rattle off the numerous times that 45 invoked or attempted to invoke such privilege.

[AllGold]

Speedy wrote:
The confrontation creates another election-year flashpoint between Republicans who have threatened Biden and Garland with impeachment

Yeah, bring it, b!tch3s.

[bfd]

Politics as usual. It won't end until this country has completely flushed itself and all personal freedoms right down the toilet - and that end appears to be getting closer and closer with every passing day.

And these are the same asshats we entrust with our freedom?

[PeterB]

mrbigstuff wrote:
and when he's asked about this at the "debate," he needs to be ready to rattle off the numerous times that 45 invoked or attempted to invoke such privilege.

Or better yet, the number of times Dump invoked the 5th...