May 16 Watch 3:49 Biden uses executive privilege block GOP access to special counsel interview audio By Amna Nawaz, Shrai Popat President Biden used executive privilege to deny House Republicans access to audio from his interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The October 2023 interview centered on the president’s handling of classified documents. Republicans requested the audio and planned to hold… Continue watching
May 16 White House blocks audio of Biden’s special counsel interview, arguing GOP has political motives By Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press “The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal — to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes," White House counsel Ed Siskel wrote in a scathing letter to… Continue reading
May 16 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden asserts privilege over tapes with special prosecutor By News Desk and Associated Press The White House has blocked the release of the audio, arguing Republicans in Congress only want the recordings “to chop them up” and use them for political purposes as the Democratic president seeks reelection. Continue reading
May 16 WATCH: House panel advances effort to hold AG Garland in contempt of Congress By News Desk and Associated Press The House panel voted Thursday afternoon to advance the contempt maneuver. A similar vote is scheduled for later Thursday with the House oversight committee. Continue reading
May 13 WATCH: Attorney General Garland, FBI Director Wray give remarks on threats to November election By News Desk Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray held a news briefing Monday at the beginning of the Election Threats Task Force meeting. Continue reading
Apr 24 WATCH: Garland speaks at inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday said that America’s gun violence problem can sometimes feel so enormous that it seems like nothing can be done. But, he added, “that could not be farther from the truth.”… Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: Garland defends Biden’s mental fitness and says he has ‘complete confidence’ in him By Associated Press Garland appeared Tuesday before a House committee overseeing funding for the Justice Department and answered questions on the report from special counsel Robert Hur about Biden's handling of classified material. Continue reading
Apr 08 DOJ blasts GOP effort to hold Garland in contempt over Biden special counsel audio By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the Justice Department rejected the demand from House Republicans that the agency turn over the full audio of Special Counsel Robert Hur's hourslong interviews with Biden and his ghostwriter. Continue reading
Mar 25 Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden documents case By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he does not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. Continue reading
Mar 21 WATCH: Garland holds news conference as Justice Department files antitrust suit against Apple By Michael Liedtke, Lindsay Whitehurst, Frank Bajak, Mike Balsamo, Associated Press The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Apple has monopoly power in the smartphone market and leverages control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct.”… Continue reading