{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/8/news/blackburn-gop-colleagues-to-ag-garland-release-the-tapes-of-biden-interview-with-special-counsel-hur", "Blackburn, GOP Colleagues to AG Garland: Release the Tapes of Biden Interview with Special Counsel Hur", "2024-08-12", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham and all Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to call on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the audio recording of President Joe Biden\u2019s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.\n\nSpecial Counsel Hur\u2019s report concluded that criminal charges against President Biden for mishandling highly classified information for decades and \u201cwillfully retain[ing]and disclos[ing] classified information after his vice presidency\u201d were not warranted, in part, because a jury would perceive him as an \u201celderly man with a poor memory.\u201d\n\nThe Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans wrote,\u201cWe, like our colleagues on the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Accountability Committees, believe the tapes are necessary to assist with the Committee\u2019s constitutional oversight of the Department of Justice. Further, we urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to comply with the valid subpoena by the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Accountability Committees as the law requires. It is unacceptable that you, the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, are continuing to defy a lawful command of Congress and that you have been held in contempt of Congress.\u201d\n\nThey continued, \u201cThe American people deserve to be fully informed as to their President\u2019s faculties, and there is every reason to believe that the President and his Administration have not been forthcoming on this issue. The threats to the United States are at an all-time high, red lights are blinking everywhere, and America cannot afford weak leadership\u2026 We strongly support our House colleagues in their pursuit of the recording and urge you to comply with the House subpoena. Further, we request that you immediately provide a copy of the recording to the Senate Judiciary Committee.\u201d\n\nCO-SIGNERS:\n\nThe letter was also signed by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/8/news/blackburn-gop-colleagues-to-ag-garland-release-the-tapes-of-biden-interview-with-special-counsel-hur"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1066568549722433, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}