President Joe Biden has invoked executive privilege to block a subpoena from House Republicans to obtain audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur on his handling of classified documents.
The White House and the Justice Department announced the decision in letters to House Republican leaders Thursday, just before the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees were scheduled to advance a contempt resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland for withholding the recordings.
A full 80 percent of Democrats support the Justice Department’s appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, a CNN poll found Wednesday (Wodicka/ullstein bild via Getty Images, Andrew Harnick/AP).
“Because of the President’s longstanding commitment to protecting the integrity, effectiveness, and independence of…
