Speaker Johnson: This Is Why Biden Tapes With Special Counsel Robert Hur Must Be Released

4 months ago

At his weekly press briefing on Wednesday, Speaker Johnson explained why he wants the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur's recordings with President Biden.

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00:00We're working on that and it'll be coming to the floor soon and the reason that we're

00:09doing that is because this is not about politics you've heard that allegation

00:12this is about this is about process you have the judiciary and the oversight

00:16committees that are working together very carefully on this and the purpose

00:20of getting the audio tapes of the the Biden interview is is because the

00:25committees have to do their legislative work this is they use the audio to

00:29evaluate the work and the accuracy of the special counsel we have a transcript

00:34there's nothing should be no surprises here and it's um it's very interesting

00:38to us that the president is trying to evoke executive privilege over that

00:41which doesn't even apply here this isn't covered by executive privilege this is

00:46not this is not the president receiving candid advice from his advisors while

00:50executing his presidential responsibilities remember this was well

00:55an interview with his ghostwriter and then sitting for an interview with a

00:58special prosecutor investigating he had whether he himself the president

01:02criminally mishandled classified documents so the executive privilege

01:05doesn't even apply here and that's why the contempt is the the measure that's

01:12appropriate here and I think it will pass the house handle it

Speaker Johnson: This Is Why Biden Tapes With Special Counsel Robert Hur Must Be Released

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