The White House has recently asserted executive privilege over audio and video recordings related to Special Counsel Robert Hur's interviews with President Biden. This move was communicated in a letter from Associate Attorney General Carlos Uriarte to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, chairmen of the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Oversight and Accountability, respectively.
According to the letter, the President has claimed executive privilege over the requested audio recordings and is also making a protective assertion of privilege over any remaining materials responsive to the subpoenas that have not yet been produced. The executive branch, under administrations of both parties, has maintained the position that an official asserting the President's claim of executive privilege is immune from prosecution for criminal contempt of Congress.
