DOJ under pressure to release Hur tapes even as Biden term nears its end

The Department of Justice is under legal pressure to release audio recordings of the interview between former special counsel Robert K. Hur and President Joe Biden, even as Biden’s term winds down.

After refusing to hand over the audio to Congress and outside groups, the DOJ remains caught up in several court battles, in which it has continued, as recently as this week, to ask judges to keep the audio and other material from Hur’s inquiry out of the public eye.