Politics Jul 11 House rejects Republican effort to fine Garland until he releases Biden audio By Farnoush Amiri, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Politics Jul 01 House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland for access to audio from Biden’s interview with special counsel Hur The lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee marks Republicans' latest broadside against the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign. By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press
Politics Jun 04 DOJ claims releasing audio of Biden’s special counsel interview could lead to deepfakes The Justice Department says it's concerned that releasing audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel about his handling of classified documents could lead to deepfakes that trick Americans. By Alanna Durkin, Dan Merica, Associated Press
Politics May 16 Watch 3:49 Biden uses executive privilege block GOP access to special counsel interview audio 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… By Amna Nawaz, Shrai Popat
Politics May 16 White House blocks audio of Biden’s special counsel interview, arguing GOP has political motives “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… By Alanna Durkin Richer, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press
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 12 Watch 3:48 Biden classified documents special counsel testifies in House hearing By William Brangham, Matt Loffman The special counsel who said President Joe Biden’s age and memory factored into his decision not to charge the president for his retention of classified documents testified on Capitol Hill today. As William Brangham reports, Republicans sought answers as to… Continue watching
Mar 12 Standing by report on Biden’s memory, Robert Hur to testify on classified documents case By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press On Capitol Hill, Hur appeared set to be the rare witness likely to be vilified all around — by Republicans angry over his decision not to charge the president, and by Democrats for his unflattering commentary about Biden. Continue reading
Mar 11 WATCH: Special counsel Robert Hur defends Biden classified documents report in House hearing By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump… Continue reading