House Republicans subpoenaed the Department of Justice on Tuesday for the transcript of an interview special counsel Robert Hur conducted with President Joe Biden last fall as part of his investigation into the president’s handling of classified documents.
The subpoena, issued by the House Oversight and Judiciary committees and reviewed by the Washington Examiner, directed Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide the requested material by March 7.
The chairmen of the committees, Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), wrote in a letter to Garland accompanying the subpoena that the subpoena was necessary because they viewed the DOJ’s response to their initial request for the transcript as inadequate.
Although the DOJ had indicated to the committees that the department would cooperate and send them the transcript,
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