House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are not giving up the fight to get audio tapes of special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said House Republicans will file a lawsuit next week to force the Department of Justice to hand over audio tapes of special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden. 'We are going to file a suit next week against the – against the Department of Justice to enforce that subpoena. We'll go to district court here in D.C.
Hur declined to prosecute Biden over his handling of classified documents and said the 81-year-old president presented himself 'as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,' and that 'it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him-by then a former president well into his eighties-of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.
However, Republicans seeking the audio recording argue it would provide critical context about Biden’s state of mind. Democrats, meanwhile, have dismissed the request as a partisan attempt to politicize the DOJ. Garland's refusal spurred House Republicans to hold him in contempt earlier this month, referring Garland to his own department for criminal charges. The DOJ ultimately declined to prosecute. Johnson's fresh threat comes, however, as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.
The measure has not been used since the 1930s and has never been used on a Cabinet official. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Johnson, when asked about Luna's plan during his press conference, said, 'I've talked to Anna Paulina Luna and other colleagues about various ideas, but I don't think anything's been settled on as of yet.' The DOJ declined to comment on Johnson's remarks when reached by Fox News Digital.
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