The Justice Department will not provide the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees with Robert Hur's audio recording of Joe Biden's interview.
over his handling of classified documents, claiming the committees’ request to receive the file is not in the spirit of “legitimate oversight.”, Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte said the department has now responded to each of the four subpoenas sent by the committees.
Uriarte’s letter comes as House Republicans continue their impeachment inquiry into Biden as part of a larger investigation into the president and his family. House GOP members have stood firm on their accusations of a “two-tiered justice system” as well after former President Donald Trump received criminal charges for his handling of classified documents and Biden did not.
However, the Justice Department has pushed back against these requests, arguing it has already provided all of the information the committees need to exercise oversight under the Constitution. “The Department is concerned that the Committees’ particular focus on continuing to demand information that is cumulative of information we already gave you — what the President and Mr.
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