White House Weighs Releasing Biden Interview Transcript on Classified Docs
• Review of releasing Biden transcript is slowed by sensitive issues like classified information, security measures, executive privilege • Transcript is from Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur regarding mishandling of classified records • Hur concluded no criminal charges against Biden warranted, but portrayed him as having poor memory • White House pressed to release transcript to dispute Hur's characterization, but no timeline for decision • Republican House committee chairs demanded Garland turn over transcript and recording