President Joe Biden's claim of executive privilege to withhold audio recordings of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur has sparked significant controversy. Critics argue that the claim is inapplicable and a political maneuver to avoid transparency. The Biden administration cites privacy concerns, but opponents, including Rep. Tom McClintock and Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton, label it a cover-up. Comparisons are being made to President Nixon's failed attempt to use executive privilege to withhold tapes, which was overruled by the Supreme Court. The Heritage Foundation has filed an emergency motion seeking the release of the audio tapes, emphasizing the need for transparency in the investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents.
Biden’s privilege claim to keep special counsel interview under wraps a ‘crude politics’ move: experts “‘Hence, there is no national security or deliberative process reason for not disclosing the recordings of the interview. The only conceivable reason why President Biden would…
Heritage Foundation Files Emergency Motion to Get Biden–Hur Audio Tapes “House Republicans have said that they want to obtain the recordings to verify Mr. Hur’s assertions that President Biden couldn’t recollect certain facts during the interview. They have alleged that a…
Biden’s executive privilege over Hur audio, but not transcript, draws scrutiny https://t.co/YffnBOS6Lo
“The Biden Justice Department is trying to help Joe Biden politically by hiding the recordings of his special counsel interviews,” Judicial Watch President @TomFitton. READ: https://t.co/U0W4ZWGe9v https://t.co/m4U9lpc5Us
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.@Heritage has filed an emergency motion in a Washington court seeking to accelerate the release of audio tapes of President Joe #Biden’s interview with special counsel #RobertHur, over which the White House recently asserted executive privilege. https://t.co/7P4ePNQ1pB
"Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the Biden Justice Department for records about the retroactive termination of President Trump’s security clearance!" @TomFitton READ: https://t.co/9dGHs2nrri https://t.co/NR4AiPKGlE
Heritage Foundation urges federal judge to expedite court fight over Hur recordings Lawyers for Heritage claimed Biden's invocation of executive privilege made three Freedom of Information Act cases more imperative. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/YWbrNc51Mq
.@TomFiton: BIDEN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HIDING BIDEN TAPES: READ: https://t.co/U0W4ZWGLZ3 https://t.co/gnock4KI0n
Biden's 'privilege' claims sound like arguments Trump officials made before getting thrown in jail: attorney https://t.co/3BUiYijOgV
The Trump campaign accused President Joe Biden of hypocrisy with executive privilege after refusing to release audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur. https://t.co/xwd6rgKCGj
"The Biden administration is in cover-up mode for Joe Biden by providing him political cover!" @TomFitton READ: https://t.co/uyQgr17uRC https://t.co/0lLrwo4KS7
EXCLUSIVE: WY Rep. Harriet Hageman @HagemanforWY Slams Merrick Garland’s Election Interference in Hiding “How Joe Biden is Failing in Terms of Mental Acuity” By Refusing to Turn Over Biden/Hur Interview Tapes (VIDEO)|@ConradsonJordan Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) on Thursday… https://t.co/OBkRyTDDwJ
EXCLUSIVE: WY Rep. Harriet Hageman Slams Merrick Garland’s Election Interference in Hiding “How Joe Biden is Failing in Terms of Mental Acuity” By Refusing to Turn Over Biden/Hur Interview Tapes (VIDEO)|@ConradsonJordan Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) on Thursday spoke to The… https://t.co/HrvNlPtKKV
BREAKING: The Heritage Foundation has filed an emergency motion in a Washington court seeking to accelerate the release of audio tapes of Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur in relation to a classified documents mishandling probe.
My please no one take: I think Biden’s claim of executive privilege over the audio is complete b.s. I also think that Congress’s claim that obtaining the audio serves some legitimate legislative purpose is complete b.s.
Jonathan Turley Eviscerates Biden Invoking Executive Privilege Over Hur Audio https://t.co/Tk12H7469g
Legal Boomerang? Biden attempt to hide tapes to collide with precedent from past Democratic probes Biden’s assertion of executive privilege could face legal obstacles established by his own party’s pursuit of Trump records. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/phbRIcLxFE
.@TomFitton: Biden DOJ Cites "Privacy" to Hide This From Public! READ: https://t.co/uyQgr17uRC https://t.co/zMpkwU9PSv
The invocation of privilege over the audiotape is so transparently political and cynical that it would make Richard Nixon blush. Biden is not claiming the actual conversations as privileged; only how he sounded and spoke the words. https://t.co/s9onjQpvBF
Democrats demanded Nixon turn over his tapes. He claimed executive privilege. The Supreme Court overruled him. Why is Joe Biden different? https://t.co/Sy5tVETjMT
Joe Biden is claiming executive privilege to avoid releasing the audio of his interview with Robert Hur. This claim is utterly frivolous since Biden was not talking with an advisor about administration policy. Rather, he was talking with a prosecutor investigating him as a… https://t.co/qMflcB20UW
The Hill is out with my column in The Hill on President Biden's invoking executive privilege over the audiotape of his Hur interview even though the transcript was released as unprivileged. It appears that Joe Biden is “he who must not be heard.” https://t.co/s9onjQpvBF
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: Three months after President Nixon asserted executive privilege over audio recordings he made of his conversations with his staff the Supreme Court ruled that he had to release the tapes. How fast will the Supreme Court act in Biden's case? https://t.co/PllaoBaYlQ
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: So let me get this straight, Biden is arguing that his testimony to Special Counsel Hur is privileged and confidential? He believed he was talking to one of his advisors? Since when does the subject of a criminal investigation have the right to prevent the… https://t.co/snWrLjrbGX
“This is yet another brazen cover-up. The Biden Justice Department’s political gambit in asserting Joe Biden’s privacy concerns in order to withhold audio of his criminal interviews with the special counsel really takes the cake,” @TomFitton. READ: https://t.co/uyQgr182Ha https://t.co/EypCYNP9vr
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., told Newsmax on Friday that President Joe Biden's claim of executive privilege to retain the audio recordings of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur is "simply inapplicable." https://t.co/xsMpLvWYFH