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Carrie Johnson

White House cites executive privilege over tapes of special counsel's Biden interview

Attorney General Merrick Garland (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

President Biden has asserted executive privilege over the audio recordings of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur about Biden's handling of classified documents, according to the White House and the Justice Department.

The move comes as the Republican-led House Judiciary and Oversight committees are expected to advance a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to provide the panels with the interview audio.

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