Don’t forget: Biden under fire for more than faulty memory in fallout from Hur report

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Don’t forget: Biden under fire for more than faulty memory in fallout from Hur report
By
Mabinty Quarshie
February 17, 2024 12:50 pm

President Joe Biden faced nationwide concern in the wake of special counsel Robert Hur‘s alarming report detailing allegations Biden struggled to recall key moments in his career.

But often overlooked from the report is that Biden knowingly kept classified documents.

The 15-month investigation into Biden did not result in criminal charges, mostly due to Hur’s claim that a jury would not convict him because of his memory recall issues.

“We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory,” he wrote in a 345-page report.

National security experts, however, criticized Biden over Hur’s claim that the president “willfully retained” the classified documents from his tenure as vice president and a Delaware senator.

“Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” Hur wrote.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2862522/biden-under-fire-more-than-faulty-memory-hur-report/

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Remember when Hurr released a report saying that Biden was senile during an interview?
Remember when the White House said it was misinformation & the media played along?
The White House just blocked the audio.

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1791090179144311275

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Biden invokes executive privilege to prevent release of recording with Special Counsel Hur
The Justice Department's Legal Counsel Office said the recording should be considered protected by executive privilege
Madeleine Hubbard
May 16, 2024

President Joe Biden on Thursday claimed the recording of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur about his retention of classified documents should not be released due to executive privilege just hours before House Republicans were set to move toward holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not releasing the recordings.

The Justice Department's Legal Counsel Office said the recording should be considered protected by executive privilege, and Garland should not be punished for not releasing it, Associate Attorney General Carlos Uriatre said. ...

"It is the longstanding position of the executive branch held by administrations of both parties that an official who asserts the president’s claim of executive privilege cannot be held in contempt of Congress," he also wrote, per the Associated Press. ...

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