DOJ rejects outside groups’ efforts to FOIA Hur tapes

From the Washington Examiner:

The Department of Justice is fighting efforts from several groups to obtain audio recordings of the interview former special counsel Robert Hur conducted with President Joe Biden last year, according to court documents filed Thursday evening.

DOJ attorneys wrote that there is “no basis” under the Freedom of Information Act for the department to provide the recordings of Biden’s interview, an argument that comes after the department released the transcript of it in March.

Three separate entities have joined the lawsuit as they attempt to force the DOJ to comply with their FOIA requests: the conservative groups Judicial Watch and the Heritage Foundation and a CNN-led media coalition that includes the Associated Press, CBS, Reuters, and several other companies.