Hur was in hot water with White House before he released his report

[mystery-ak]

Hur was in hot water with White House before he released his report
By
Rachel Schilke
February 16, 2024 8:49 am

Documents show President Joe Biden‘s lawyers were frustrated with special counsel Robert Hur‘s findings and the tone of his report over the president’s handling of classified documents ahead of its release to the public.

A series of letters between Biden’s legal counsel and Justice Department officials occurred the day before Hur’s report was released last week, according to the Washington Post. In one communication, Hur explained his decision not to prosecute Biden for his keeping of classified documents after he left office as vice president despite stating the practices “present serious risks to national security.”

Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer and White House counsel Edward Siskel objected to Hur’s final draft of the report in a three-page letter on Feb. 7. The counsel believed the report “openly, obviously, and blatantly” violated Justice Department policy and practice and consensus about special counsel report restrictions.

The lawyers also argued that presidents “have done exactly the same thing” by retaining classified documents or information at home after they served their terms in office.

“So, to criticize President Biden for a practice that his predecessors openly engaged in, a practice that the Justice Department has in the past acknowledged and declined to investigate, a practice that is not charged conduct, exemplifies the reasons why a bipartisan consensus arose to change the prior report writing function,” they wrote.

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[Smokin Joe]

But Biden was retaining documents at home long before he was POTUS. And that, friends and neighbors is just part of thee sticking point.

They were not in appropriate storage facilities, they were dispersed, and they were in a facility that had at least some foreign influence in its funding (and quite likely, operations).

Having never been POTUS at the time those documents were acquired and stored (improperly), Biden may not have had legitimate access to them in the first place.

[Timber Rattler]

The lawyers also argued that presidents “have done exactly the same thing” by retaining classified documents or information at home after they served their terms in office.

So that lets Trump off the hook too, right?

[mountaineer]

Mr. Hur may find a horse's head in his bed. Never go against the family.

[Free Vulcan]

The lawyers also argued that presidents “have done exactly the same thing” by retaining classified documents or information at home after they served their terms in office.

Not only have they backed themselves into a corner, they completely exonerated Trump.

Biden is not even out of office, and those documents were obviously heisted long before Skeezy became Prez.

What is most interesting is that now the White House is in opposition to the DOJ, and we get to stand back and watch. 

[DefiantMassRINO]

Why are you prosecuting Trump but not Biden?  Because Biden is a sympathetic old man with poor memory.

They word of the day is "dotard".