George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley appeared Friday on Fox News and applauded the Republican Party’s push to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, slamming his “absurd” holding of President Joe Biden’s audio tapes.
Turley appeared on “Hannity” to discuss Congress’ recent resolution to hold Garland in contempt after failing to provide the lawmakers with Biden’s audio recording from his interview with special counsel Robert Hur. Fox guest host Kayleigh McEnany questioned the law professor on the situation with Garland, noting the lack of “surprise” from the American people.
“Well unfortunately they’re not surprised. This is a record of Merrick Garland, not just his department — he has a record now of running interference on potential cases or investigations that might embarrass the White House. This latest fight with Congress is particularly telling. The position of Merrick Garland and withholding these audiotapes is not just unsupportable, it’s comprehensible as a matter of constitutional law. It’s absurd,” Turley said.
“He’s going to go into a federal court and make an argument that I think most trial lawyers would blush in front of a judge. He’s arguing that we didn’t view the transcript as privileged but we do believe the audiotape of the same transcript to be privileged, as if this is the president who shall not be heard. No court has ever extended the privilege like that, they made it even more absurd by saying that they have a type of deep fake privilege.”