White House counsel Ed Siskel notified Representatives James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, and Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, in a letter on Thursday that Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio recordings of his interview with Hur that was conducted in October 2023 in a move requested by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The executive privilege claim is a powerful signal that the White House has had enough of what it sees as Republicans using the administration’s commitment to transparency for political gain.