Biden asserts executive privilege over Hur audio files ahead of House contempt proceedings against Garland

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/politics/house-panels-contempt-garland-biden-audio/index.html

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  3. If the GOP articulated what impeachable offense they were looking for in the audio recordings instead of just going “because we said so”, I imagine they could take it to the courts to enforce the subpoena instead of threatening contempt of Congress.

  6. I’m not a fan of less transparency. I know we can all laugh about owning the GOP or whatever, but this is one of those cases where if Trump had denied the release of an audio file for an investigation everyone would be crying foul. It only makes the audio more suspicious when you hide it.

  7. Good. Hur has already proven that he has gone off the rails of the investigation. There is no reason at all to allow the republican house to take the words of their republican agent as a weapon against the AG. No president would ever allow this.

  8. Conservative sub when Trump exercised privilege: crickets.

    Conservative sub when Biden does it: “Because it’s (D)ifferent”

  9. They have the transcripts. All they’re looking for is any stammers, searching for words, or difficulties recollecting to use in anti-Biden media buys.

  10. Contempt of Congress? Ask gym fucking Jordan about contempt of congressional subpoena. Goddamned hypocrites.

  12. Let me guess, now they dont support executive privilege… shocking

  13. They are going after Garland for nothing while we have evidence of misconduct from Thomas and they do nothing

  14. Nah, time for democrats to take democracy back. No more complying with Russians.

  15. Didn’t we collectively lose our shit when Trump did this? Not defending him. Cause fuck that guy. But… kinda feel like I’m going mad here

  16. Really happy to see this. Trump asserted and still tries to assert executive privilege over literally everything and Republicans back him on that, so Biden absolutely should fight back against Republicans with the weapons they themselves created, especially when all they want to do is edit and manipulate footage to try to make Biden look senile.

    Enough taking the high road and playing by rules Republicans stopped playing by years ago, it’s Dark Brandon time!

  17. Wow, I love this kick in the balls Biden just gave Jim and the nuthouse.

  18. Let’s release Trump’s recorded statements too. Oh wait, he was too big a coward to sit for an interview.

    Fuck off republicans.

  19. It’s funny to watch Republicans froth at the mouth over this. I don’t know what they think is in the audio that isn’t in the transcripts.

  20. They only want the audio so they can create viral TikToks and prime-time content for the Murdoch family.

  21. If they get this, then we get Trump’s *man woman person camera tv* cognitive exam

  22. Garland should have done the right thing for the country and jumped on Trump the day after he left office. Why are the Democrats so passive?

    Fire Garland and let the GQP chew him up. Lloyd Austin can join him. He should have been terminated for being MIA. You go for surgery, complications arise keeping you out of commission for two weeks, and you hide it from the President and the country? Throw them both out the door.

  23. He has to because the GOP will edit and use the audio in attack ads. They have the transcripts already so know everything that was said.

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