<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a> (DOJ) again chose to spurn a demand by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Republicans</a> to hand over audio recordings from special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s investigation into President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s handling of classified documents.</p>
<p>Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte conveyed the refusal in a new <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018f-1657-d78f-afaf-3fdffa030000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent to House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) and Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) on Thursday, which was the latest deadline the congressional leaders had set for the subpoenaed materials.</p>
<p>&#8220;Despite our many requests, the Committees have not articulated a legitimate congressional need to obtain audio recordings from Mr. Hur’s investigation, let alone one that outweighs the Department’s strong interest in protecting the confidentiality of law enforcement files,&#8221; Uriarte wrote.</p>
<p>Comer and Jordan have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a> to begin contempt of Congress proceedings against Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a> if the DOJ continued to rebuff their push for the audio recordings of Hur&#8217;s interview with Biden and of the special counsel&#8217;s interview with Biden&#8217;s ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.</p>
<p>“Your response to the subpoenas remains inadequate, suggesting that you are withholding records for partisan purposes and to avoid political embarrassment for President Biden,” they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a mid-April letter offering Garland one more chance to comply.</p>
<p>As the chairmen have already been given transcripts of the interviews and other records, Uriarte wrote in his newest letter that it &#8220;seems that the more information you receive, the less satisfied you are, and the less justification you have for contempt, the more you rush towards it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hur&#8217;s report, which was released in February, criticized Biden&#8217;s retention of classified records while out of office, yet the prosecutor declined to recommend charges.</p>
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<p>The report described Biden as a &#8220;sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory&#8221; whom a jury likely would not convict &#8220;of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hur also found that Zwonitzer deleted recordings of conversations he had with Biden upon learning about the documents inquiry.<b></b></p>
<p>However, the ghostwriter provided &#8220;plausible, innocent reasons&#8221; for his actions during the interview and Hur said he ultimately determined the evidence would not suffice for a conviction on obstruction of justice.</p>
<p>Biden and the White House have pushed back against Hur&#8217;s characterizations in his report, but Garland insisted that it would have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/garland-says-censoring-hurs-biden-docs-report-would-have-been-absurd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;absurd&#8221;</a> for someone in his position to have edited or censored the special counsel&#8217;s explanation.</p>
<p>During testimony earlier this month, Garland <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780261901768831242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> his agency sent correspondence &#8220;explaining our position with respect to the recordings&#8221; and noted the &#8220;longstanding practice&#8221; of keeping witness records confidential to not &#8220;chill&#8221; future investigations.</p>

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