Fight raging over access to actual audio recordings
A huge fight has developed over access to the actual audio tapes made by special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Joe Biden for taking and keeping classified government documents and concluded he likely did it.
But then Hur said he wasn’t recommending a criminal charge against Biden because of his “diminished” capacity.
The result gave Republicans new ammunition in their argument that Biden is incompetent to be president, while Democrats raged at the revelation, including White House staff members who tried to get Hur to change his report.
He didn’t, explaining he needed to include the reasoning for not recommending a criminal case.
While printed transcripts of Biden’s interview with Hur have been released, the actual audio tapes have not, even though that’s been requested. Biden is claiming executive privilege and Department of Justice officials say such a move could discourage others from participating in DOJ interviews.
But government watchdog Judicial Watch has unleashed a bombshell report, that the transcripts are not identical to the spoken word of the tape recordings.