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House rejects GOP effort to fine Attorney General Garland for refusal to turn over Biden audio
5 months, 1 week ago

House rejects GOP effort to fine Attorney General Garland for refusal to turn over Biden audio

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday rejected a GOP effort to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland $10,000 a day until he turns over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case as a handful of Republicans resisted taking an aggressive step against a sitting Cabinet official. But the Justice Department said Garland would not be prosecuted, citing …

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House rejects GOP effort to fine Atty. Gen. Garland for refusal to turn over Biden audio
5 months, 1 week ago

House rejects GOP effort to fine Atty. Gen. Garland for refusal to turn over Biden audio

LA Times  

Gen. Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington on June 27. Gen. Merrick Garland $10,000 a day until he turns over audio of President Biden’s interview in his classified documents case as a handful of Republicans resisted taking an aggressive step against a sitting Cabinet official. But the Justice Department said Garland …

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House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland over access to Biden special counsel interview audio
5 months, 3 weeks ago

House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland over access to Biden special counsel interview audio

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel in his classified documents case, asking the courts to enforce their subpoena and reject the White House’s effort to withhold the materials from Congress. The lawsuit states that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., made …

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Republicans advance contempt charges against Biden’s ghostwriter for refusing to turn over records
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans advance contempt charges against Biden’s ghostwriter for refusing to turn over records

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans advanced a resolution Thursday that would hold President Joe Biden’s ghostwriter in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records related to the special counsel investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, the chair of the Judiciary committee, issued a subpoena to Zwonitzer in March after he had refused to voluntarily …

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House Speaker Mike Johnson slams ‘two-tiered justice system’ after DOJ protects AG Garland from Biden audio subpoena
6 months, 1 week ago

House Speaker Mike Johnson slams ‘two-tiered justice system’ after DOJ protects AG Garland from Biden audio subpoena

Hindustan Times  

Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden's special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS “It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s Justice Department will not …

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Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute
6 months, 1 week ago

Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio after Justice Dept. refused to prosecute

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden’s special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge. “It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s Justice Department will not prosecute Garland …

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Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio as Justice Department declines to prosecute
6 months, 1 week ago

Speaker Johnson says House will go to court for Biden audio as Justice Department declines to prosecute

LA Times  

Gen. Merrick Garland won’t be prosecuted for contempt of Congress after refusing to turn over audio of President Biden’s interview in his classified documents case, said the Justice Department, which has provided the transcript. Gen. Merrick Garland for access to President Biden’s special counsel audio interview, after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge. In a …

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‘Chop them up, distort them’: White House slams ‘improper threats’ as it blocks Hur tapes
7 months, 1 week ago

‘Chop them up, distort them’: White House slams ‘improper threats’ as it blocks Hur tapes

Raw Story  

As House Republicans move to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to hand over the audio tapes of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interviews with President Joe Biden, the White House Counsel has notified two House committee chairmen President Biden is invoking executive privilege on those tapes. "The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays …

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Big relief for Joe Biden: White House blocks Republican demands for audio of US President's interview – India TV
7 months, 1 week ago

Big relief for Joe Biden: White House blocks Republican demands for audio of US President's interview – India TV

India TV News  

US President Joe Biden on Thursday moved to block Republicans in the US House of Representatives from obtaining audio recordings of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur over his retention of classified records. In a letter to the chairmen of the House of Representatives Judiciary and Oversight committees, the Justice Department said Biden had asserted executive privilege, a legal …

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House Republicans are ready to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden audio
7 months, 2 weeks ago

House Republicans are ready to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over Biden audio

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over the unredacted audio of an interview that was conducted as part of the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. House Republicans last month threatened to hold Garland in contempt …

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Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. “The Attorney General released Mr. Hur’s report to Congress and made no redactions or changes, the Department provided documents to Congress including a …

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Cori Bush faces backlash for using ‘racist slur’ against Donald Trump; ‘She's a crook and danger to US'
9 months, 1 week ago

Cori Bush faces backlash for using ‘racist slur’ against Donald Trump; ‘She's a crook and danger to US'

Hindustan Times  

US House Rep. Cori Bush slammed former US President Donald Trump as a "White Supremacist-in-Chief" during a congressional hearing, sparking a debate on racism online. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur, Tuesday March 12, 2024. "As my colleagues have pointed out, President Biden fully complied with the …

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Special counsel who questioned Biden’s memory to testify at House hearing
10 months, 1 week ago

Special counsel who questioned Biden’s memory to testify at House hearing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Seeking to keep a spotlight on President Joe Biden’s age, House Republicans will hold a public hearing next month with the Justice Department special counsel who found evidence that the president had mishandled classified information when he was out of office but who also concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by conservative …

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Harris slams ‘politically motivated’ report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris slams ‘politically motivated’ report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed the report by a Justice Department special counsel into Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents that raised questions about the president’s memory, calling it “politically motivated” and “gratuitous,” as the White House said the president would take steps to safeguard classified materials during presidential transitions. The White House has said Biden …

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Biden documents row: Why the White House stayed silent on classified information for 68 days
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden documents row: Why the White House stayed silent on classified information for 68 days

Firstpost  

The decision by President Joe Biden and his top advisers to keep the discovery of classified documents secret from the public and even most of the White House staff for 68 days was driven by what turned out to be a futile hope that the incident could be quietly disposed of without broader implications for Biden or his presidency. “We …

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Who is Robert Hur, special counsel in Biden documents case?
1 year, 11 months ago

Who is Robert Hur, special counsel in Biden documents case?

Associated Press  

A report from special counsel Robert Hur released Feb. 8 found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. WASHINGTON — Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland nominated by then-President Donald Trump, …

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Who is Robert Hur, special counsel in Biden documents case?
1 year, 11 months ago

Who is Robert Hur, special counsel in Biden documents case?

LA Times  

U.S. Attorney Robert Hur arrives at U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Nov. 21, 2019. Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney for Maryland nominated by then-President Trump, will serve as special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Biden’s home in Delaware and at an office in Washington. Gen. Merrick Garland announced Hur’s appointment …

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