The request to Merrick Garland to turn over audiotapes of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur — which the attorney general has refused — is being painted as another example of GOP overreach. In fact, it is essentially identical to House Democratic efforts to obtain copies of President Trump’s personal tax returns. As a result, Republicans stand on both good political and legal grounds to pursue the matter — and they should.
Biden and Garland say the House Oversight Committee’s attempt to procure those tapes is a purely political effort that also implicates Biden’s privacy. It’s a bit rich for them to make that claim, given the manner in which they have relentlessly pursued Trump under the cover of law, but leave that to one side. These claims are not substantially different from those Trump made during his term with respect to his tax returns.
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