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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