Speaker Johnson: House Judiciary Committee to Sue Over Biden Interview Audio
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced that the House Judiciary Committee to file a lawsuit regarding audio recordings between President Joe Biden and special counsel Robert Hur. The lawsuit would force Attorney General…
Speaker Mike Johnson(R-La.) announced that the House Judiciary Committee to file a lawsuit regarding audio recordings between President Joe Biden and special counsel Robert Hur.
The lawsuit would force Attorney General Merrick Garlandto turn over the recordings, The Hill reported.
The suit is the latest effort to get the tapes after the Justice Department told Congress it would not be charge Garland despite the House voting to hold him in contempt.
“We are going to file suit next week against the Department of Justice to enforce that subpoena. We will go to district court here in D.C., which is the appropriate venue, and we will fight vigorously to get it,” Johnson said Wednesday.
Lawmakers have a transcript of Biden’s and Hur’s conversation, but Republicans want to hear the tapes.
Republican claim the tapes will provide more information about the Hur’s commentary on the Biden’s memory.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) pledged to force a vote on a resolution that would allow the House sergeant-at-arms to detain Garland.