George Washington University law professor, Jonathan Turley, made an appearance on Fox News, where he praised the Republican Party for voting to hold Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. He referred to the shielding of the audio tapes of Special Council Roburt Hur’s questioning of Joe Biden, the father of the convicted felon, Hunter Biden. Garland says that since the transcript was released, the audio is no longer needed.But, if they are the same, why does he need to hide the audio?
Turley appeared on “Hannity” to discuss Congress’ recent resolution to hold Garland in contempt after he outright refused to turn the audio over. Fox guest host Kayleigh McEnany questioned the law professor on the situation with Garland. She commented on the lack of surprise by the American people. I don’t know why. After three plus years, we have come to expect the worst of this administration and Joe Biden, the father of convicted felon, Hunter Biden.
Turley said:
“Well unfortunately they’re not surprised. This is a record of Merrick Garland, not just his department — he has a record now of running interference on potential cases or investigations that might embarrass the White House. This latest fight with Congress is particularly telling. The position of Merrick Garland and withholding these audiotapes is not just unsupportable, it’s comprehensible as a matter of constitutional law. It’s absurd.”
“He’s going to go into a federal court and make an argument that I think most trial lawyers would blush in front of a judge. He’s arguing that we didn’t view the transcript as privileged but we do believe the audiotape of the same transcript to be privileged, as if this is the president who shall not be heard. No court has ever extended the privilege like that, they made it even more absurd by saying that they have a type of deep fake privilege.”
“That if we release the tape, AI will start to make fake audiotapes of the president’s voice. Well, here’s a flash for you Gordon, they already have the president’s voice and you’ve already given the transcript. A high school student could re-create a fake tape like that. If anything you make it more likely that would be accepted as true because you won’t release the actual audiotape.”
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL“So I commend Speaker Johnson in saying we’ll go to court. I represented the House of Representatives in prior litigation and it actually has a very good record, including in our case of prevailing in the federal courts to fight for Article 1 powers — and this is it. This is the hill that you need to fight on.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has since declined to press any further charges against Garland, however, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson stated Friday that he will be pushing the issue to the federal courts in order to obtain the tapes.
“I will be certifying the contempt reports to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia,” Johnson wrote in a post online. “We will also move to enforce the subpoena of Attorney General Garland in federal court.”
