Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., told Newsmax on Friday that the force of a subpoena dictates the terms to the recipient, not the other way around.

Fry is bewildered that the Department of Justice continues to ignore a subpoena from House lawmakers regarding former special counsel Robert Hur’s video and audiotapes of his interviews with President Joe Biden. The DOJ on Thursday snubbed Congress a second time, saying they won’t turn over the audio recordings over, according to Justice, a lack of a legitimate legislative purpose.

“The House needs to work its will and do its job,” Fry said on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.” “And again, if you’re issued a subpoena, you don’t get to dictate the terms on how you want to deal with that. You comply with the subpoena. So the same thing goes here; DOJ has not articulated, in my mind, a legitimate reason to not hand over the audio recordings of a case that they have already closed.”

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