Garland’s deadline to produce recordings of Biden interview in Hur case looms, risking contempt of Congress

Monday is the deadline for Attorney General Merrick Garland to produce subpoenaed audio recordings of former Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden to House Republicans or risk being held in contempt of Congress.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, have threatened to hold Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department's failure to produce the records. Last month, they set Monday, April 8, as the deadline for Garland to comply.

"The Department continues to withhold additional material responsive to the Committees’ subpoenas – specifically the audio recordings of Special Counsel Hur’s interviews with President Biden and the transcript and audio recordings of Special Counsel Hur’s interviews with Mr. Zwonitzer," Comer and Jordan wrote. "The February 27 subpoenas create a legal obligation on you to produce this material."

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Comer and Jordan said they expect Garland "to produce all responsive materials no later than 12:00 p.m. on April 8, 2024."

"If you fail to do so, the Committees will consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings," they wrote.

Comer and Jordan subpoenaed the Justice Department for a transcript of Hur's interview with Biden and audio recordings.

Just hours before Hur was scheduled to testify publicly earlier this month, the DOJ produced to the committees two redacted transcripts of Hur’s interviews with Biden.

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