Garland rips 'unfounded' effort to hold him in contempt after Biden asserts executive privilege over Hur audio

Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Biden's decision to assert executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur.

"In your professional capacity, you suggested to the president to invoke executive privilege. He invoked executive privilege. It protects you both personally. Is that a conflict of interest?" one reporter asked.  Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace. 

"The Justice Department is a fundamental institution of our democracy. People depend on us to ensure our investigations and our prosecutions are conducted according to the facts and the law and without political influence," Garland said in response. "We have gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the committees get responses to their legitimate requests, but this is not one."