 Win McNamee/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden has used executive privilege in an attempt to block Trump-aligned Republican House leaders from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over Biden's handling of classified documents.
The transcripts of those interviews, conducted over two days, have already been released. In the explosive 345-page report, Hur concluded Biden had done nothing criminal but characterized the president as a "well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory," an assertion Biden's critics seized on and his advocates slammed as unprofessional on Hur's part.
Biden's use of executive privilege to prevent House committees from receiving tapes of the interviews was revealed in a series of letters from officials in his administration.
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