Almost exactly 50 years ago, the Supreme Court ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over White House tapes that he had refused to release for nearly a year, citing executive privilege.
Fast forward to this year, and President Joe Biden is refusing to release tapes of his interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, citing, as Nixon did, executive privilege, with an added twist about the risk of "Deep fakes."
Biden is so determined to keep the tapes secret that he's willing to let his attorney general get slapped with contempt of Congress, a charge two House committees advanced on Thursday for Garland's refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena.
The Biden administration argues that there's no reason to turn over the tapes since the transcripts are already out.
As the Journal reports: "Americans have had minimal opportunities to see Biden in unscripted moments. By the end of April, he had given fewer interviews and press conferences than any of his recent predecessors His last wide-ranging town-hall-style meeting with an independent news outlet was in October 2021." The Journal further notes that Biden has also sharply cut back on small meetings with lawmakers.
In the end, Biden, like Nixon before him, is likely to lose his effort to keep these tapes hidden from the public.
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