The Republican-led House returns Monday to Capitol Hill with just 21 scheduled legislative days left before the November elections to obtain the audio tapes of Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 interview with President Biden regarding his mishandling of classified documents.
The House GOP has the transcript of the five-hour interview but has offered several arguments on why it wants the tapes – including that the federal criminal investigation ended this year with no charges against Biden in part because Hur concluded a jury would likely view the president as a “sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.”
The comment took on much great significance after Biden’s June 27 debate with GOP candidate Donald Trump in which the president’s cognitive abilities appear to contribute to his halting performance.
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson has also suggested he wants the tapes to ensure the transcript of the interview is accurate. […]
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