05-16-2024, 02:06 PM
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."
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."