Justice Department rebuked for delay tactics in Biden-Hur tapes pursuant to judge's order
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Three different entities' FOIA request for the recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden were combined, then plaintiffs sought an accelerated briefing schedule.
The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project, as well as Judicial Watch and CNN all filed requests seeking the release of the tapes, which congressional Republicans have sought and unsuccessfully subpoenaed. The three organizations' FOIA requests were combined into one suit. Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
In April, The DOJ announced it would not abide by a subpoena from House Republicans while maintaining its cooperation with Congress' Biden family investigation has been "extraordinary." That development led Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to threaten Attorney General Merrick Garland with a contempt of Congress citation. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
However, Washington, D.C.'s U.S. District Court ruled this week there would be an expedited briefing schedule to litigate the release of the tapes, which Republicans claim will further prove Biden's cognitive decline and lack of fitness for office. Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.