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Why did President Biden invoke executive privilege over the recording of his special counter interview, but not the transcript?

"The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal—to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes."

Reason

White House move doesn't deter House panels on Garland contempt - Roll Call

The White House invoked privilege to withhold Biden audio recordings, but it did not derail a House GOP push over contempt of Congress.

Roll Call

House panel members clash at latest Biden oversight hearing - Roll Call

Members of the House Oversight and Accountability panel hurled partisan insults at each other at a hearing about President Joe Biden.

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White House lawyer tells House speaker to end Biden impeachment ‘charade’

Scathing letter from White House counsel tells Republican Mike Johnson ‘it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over’

The Guardian - US

Fani Willis thanks deputy Nathan Wade for ‘patriotism and courage’ after accepting his resignation – as it happened

Fulton county DA accepts resignation letter hours after judge rules she can carry on if prosecutor she had an affair with steps down

The Guardian - US

Interview Transcripts Support Robert Hur's Description of Biden's 'Poor Memory'

During a congressional hearing, the former special counsel caught flak from Democrats outraged by his legally mitigating but politically damaging portrayal of the president.

Reason

House Republicans will hold hearing with Robert Hur over Biden report

Hur investigated president’s mishandling of classified papers after his vice-presidency and raised questions about his ‘poor memory’

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Biden taps Rahm’s former City Hall corporation counsel to be top White House lawyer

Ed Siskel — nephew of the late Chicago film critic Gene Siskel — is familiar with high-stakes congressional investigations and other politicized probes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden announces former Obama administration attorney Ed Siskel as White House counsel

President Joe Biden says former Obama administration attorney Ed Siskel is the new White House counsel

The Independent UK

Biden names former Obama administration attorney Siskel as White House counsel

President Joe Biden says former Obama administration attorney Ed Siskel is the new White House counsel

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