Biden asserts executive privilege over audio recordings of interview with Special Counsel Hur

Due to the fact that he wouldn't release the video from special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland was finally held accountable.

Well, to some degree. House Republicans voted this week to hold Garland in contempt of Congress, and for normal people, that would mean a possible prosecution.

However, according to Breitbart, Garland doesn't have anything to worry about as far as Biden's White House is concerned, as the president is using executive privilege to protect his AG from prosecution.

The news came via a memo from the Department of Justice, and it made clear that Garland is protected by executive privilege.

"Because the committees have the transcripts of the special counsel’s interviews, the needs the committees have articulated for the recordings are plainly insufficient to overcome a privilege claim grounded in these important separation of powers concerns," the memo read.

Breitbart noted:

Republicans wanted the audio tapes of Hur’s interview with Biden, insisting written transcripts provided by Garland were insufficient after Hur revealed that Biden experienced mental lapses and “poor memory” when interviewed.

But since Garland refused to turn over what Republicans wanted, subpoenas were issued, which were ultimately ignored.

Remember when judges told Trump he couldn't claim executive privilege on the J6 partisan committee request? Now Biden tries to rescue AG Merrick Garland by asserting 'executive privilege.'

Here's the shocker—Garland himself told Biden to claim it so the audios wouldn't have to… pic.twitter.com/1G8fygwAuN

— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) May 16, 2024

Subpoenas were issued for the materials in late February by the House Committees on Oversight and Accountability and Judiciary.

Prior to the contempt vote, President Biden asserted executive privilege over the recordings requested by the GOP committees, thus protecting Garland from any legal issues moving forward.

Many across social media blasted Garland and Biden for using executive privilege in this particular instance, drawing contrast to times former President Donald Trump attempted to use it and it apparently didn't mean a thing.

"So basically they ignored executive privilege for Navarro and Bannon, but are now using it to protect Bidens Audio transcripts?" one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "Additionally, he waived that privilege by releasing the transcript. Privilege protects the content of what was said, not how it was said."

Only time will tell if Republicans attempt further actions to obtain the recordings, which many believe American voters have a right to hear, given the content.