As GOP demands Biden/Hur audio, James Comer gives away the game [View all]

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As GOP demands Biden/Hur audio, James Comer gives away the game

...In theory, that ended the story. In practice, however, there was one additional element that Republicans decided to pursue: the audio recording of the incumbent president’s Q&A with investigators.

The Biden administration has declined GOP lawmakers’ requests for the tape, and there’s no great mystery as to why: Officials realize that Republicans are simply looking for a political toy they can play with ahead of Election Day 2024. Former Republican Rep. Ken Buck admitted as much this week, explaining that Congress already has the transcript and relevant information, adding that his former GOP colleagues are “just looking for something for political purposes.”

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s latest fundraising appeal reads in part, “Biden and his advisors are terrified that I will release the recordings, forcing the media and Democrats to answer for the dismal decline of Biden’s mental state.” The Kentucky Republican added that audio recording “could be the final blow to Biden with swing voters across the country.”

In other words, the White House’s counsel’s office accused Comer and his colleagues of wanting to use Biden’s interview “for partisan political purposes,” after which Comer put in writing that he’s focused on using the audio recording to target “swing voters.”