Biden moves could help shape political landscape in his favor - The Washington Post

Attorney General Merrick Garland asked Biden to exert privilege because the department feared providing the recordings to Congress could hurt future efforts to gain cooperation from administration officials, especially if they are asked to sit for recorded interviews. 

Garland's request was not without precedent; his predecessors in the Trump and Obama administrations also asked the president to exert executive privilege for investigative materials. 

House Republicans are seeking the recording of Biden's interview with special counsel Robert K. Hur, who concluded his investigation without filing any charges against Biden, arguing they needed it as part of their broader investigation into Biden and his family. But the White House argued their request was purely political, noting that the lawmakers had already received a written transcript of the interview...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/16/biden-executive-privilege-debates/