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President Joe Biden has claimed executive privilege to prevent Congress from obtaining his audio recordings of an interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
The House Oversight Committee has taken steps to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to hand over the recordings.
Garland ignored a subpoena for the audio, which reportedly shows Biden experiencing cognitive lapses during the interview.
The Executive Branch has asserted that officials cannot be prosecuted for criminal contempt of Congress when executive privilege is invoked.
The White House has accused Republicans of trying to manipulate the recordings for political gain.
Requests for the audio records have been filed by conservative think tanks and CNN.
