WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden invoked executive privilege Thursday to keep the recording of his deposition about storing classified documents at his home confidential, as House Republicans set two committee votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to release the recording.

The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel determined the recording falls under executive privilege and Garland shouldn’t be punished for following the president’s order to keep the recording confidential, according to Carlos Uriarte, an associate attorney general.

The Office of Legal Counsel has long held that executive privilege extends to a “closed criminal investigation where disclosure is likely to damage future law enforcement efforts,” Garland wrote to Biden on Wednesday.

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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/16/attorney-general-merrick-garland-contempt-house-republicans/73710016007/

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Being billed as the U.S.-PRC Leaders Summit, both will be attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. The two met last November in Bali. APEC will start on Saturday and run through Nov. 17.

“The leaders will discuss issues in the U.S.-PRC bilateral relationship, the continued importance of maintaining open lines of communication, and a range of regional and global issues,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

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Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/11/10/Biden-Xi-meeting-San-Francisco/9421699625339/

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