The White House counsel’s office has concluded its review of special counsel Robert Hur’s report on the possible mishandling of classified documents connected to President Joe Biden, declining to assert any executive privilege in the report.
The report will now be submitted to Congress.
“We notified the Justice Department at approximately 9:00 this morning that our privilege review has concluded,” said Ian Sams, spokesman for the White House counsel’s office, in a statement Thursday. “In keeping with his commitment to cooperation and transparency throughout this investigation, the President declined to assert privilege over any portion of the report.”
In a letter to Congress on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the report would be submitted to Congress once the White House counsel’s review was complete.
“As I have made clear regarding each Special Counsel who has served since I have taken office, I am committed to making as much of the Special Counsel’s report public as possible,” Garland wrote in his letter to members of the judiciary committees.
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