The Biden administration is standing by President Biden’s choice to invoke executive privilege in regards to his conversation with Special Counsel Robert Hur, thereby blocking Congress from accessing the audio recordings. The administration maintains that Biden opted for this course of action “at the behest of the attorney general.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to an inquiry concerning Biden’s move to prevent the disclosure of the audio from his discussion with the Special Counsel.
“And obviously the letter from the White House Council laid out for reasons about the concerns of being used for political purposes, but that seems to imply that the White House is concerned that these could be politically damaging,” a reporter said.
Jean-Pierre defended Biden’s decision, saying: “I think the second piece of this too to note is that the Attorney General made it clear that law enforcement files like these need to be protected,” she said, claiming that Biden made the decision “at the request of the attorney general. So just want to make that second point that I made really clear. The Department of Justice in the White House Counsel’s Office have provided extensive written letters, as you all know, I’m sure some of you have read this on this issue. And like I said, that you have seen and so, so when it comes to anything further or any specifics, obviously, I would refer you to my colleagues at the White House Counsel’s Office,” Jean-Pierre continued, pressing that the determination was made “at the request of the attorney general,” who “wanted to make sure that law enforcement files like these must be protected.”
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