Republicans were unhappy with the lack of impeachment against President Joe Biden and Democrats were outraged by comments about the current president's “bad memory.” After his report on Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, special counsel Robert Hurr had to respond to bipartisan attacks during his testimony before a congressional committee on Tuesday.
His appearance was an opportunity for elected officials from both parties to score points with the November presidential election in the background.
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee condemned his description of Joe Biden as an old man with dementia, weighing on Robert Hurr's decision not to recommend prosecution.
Prosecutor Har, whose 388-page report was released last month, clearly expects to justify this aspect, which he addressed early in his opening statement. The assessment I made in the report on the appropriateness of the President's memorial was necessary and justified
He declared at the start of five hours of testimony.
Biden is vulnerable
If Attorney General Hurr's decisions acquit Joe Biden, 81, they underscore his vulnerability among voters already concerned about his advanced age and give the Republican camp ammunition just months before November's presidential election.
You have chosen. It was a political choice. That is the wrong choice
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff told him. You weren't born in the last rain, you know what you're doing. You cannot say that you are naive enough to think that your words will not create a political storm.
Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee (file photo)
Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts
In one of the most brutal attacks, Democrat Hank Johnson, Republican Mr. Hurr has accused former President Donald Trump of seeking a judgeship or a position in the Justice Department in favor of his re-election.
I have no such desires, I can vouch for that
In January 2023, Attorney General Merrick Garland assigned responsibility for this file to Mr. supported Hoor.
I can say that there is no place for discrimination in my work. It had no place in the steps I took in my inquiry, it had no place in the conclusion I reached, and it had no place in a word of my statement.
Republicans have also touted Joe Biden's cognitive abilities, which will be a campaign trigger for them and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
When asked by the Republican if he had concluded that President Joe Biden is senile, Robert Hurr responded in the negative: I didn't do that. This result is not included in my report.
Mr. The report by Hurr and his team cited the Democratic leader Can't remember when he was vice president
or the year of his eldest son Beau's death.
Hours after Robert Hur's report was released, the Democratic president dismissed claims about his memory during a press conference. President of Mexico, Sissi
Instead of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Republicans did not hesitate to show this passage at the beginning of the day of testimony.
On several occasions, Democrats have offered video clips of Donald Trump appearing confused or forgetful of facts.
Before Robert Hurr appeared, Congress was given a copy of Joe Biden's interview with him.
According to the report The New York Times And The Washington PostA person who obtained a copy of the transcript indicated that President Biden repeatedly hesitated about certain dates and the chronology of certain events, but said his omissions were less significant than the report suggested.
In a press conference Mr. Contrary to what Biden said, he was referring to his son, not the special prosecutor.
Republicans were frustrated by the lack of charges against Biden
Republicans were not spared in their accusations.
Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany accused Robert Hurr of protecting Joe Biden.
Unfortunately, you are part of the praetorian guard that perpetuates the swamp in Washington by protecting the elites — and Joe Biden is part of that community of elites.
The Republican camp strongly criticized Robert Hurr's decision not to press charges against Joe Biden, whose statement he emphasized. While a private citizen, he knowingly possessed and disclosed classified documents after serving as Vice President
.
condemns the policy of Two weights, two sizes
Several Republican elected officials expressed dismay at former US presidential contender Donald Trump being sued for possessing classified documents after leaving the White House.
Trump, a very serious case
Robert Hur pointed out in his report that the situation with Donald Trump, accused of endangering the national security of the United States, is different: he cited the accusation that the former president refused to hand over documents for additional months. Obstruction of justice by causing others to destroy evidence.
Several documents marked “secret” or “ultrasecret” were found at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's residence.
Photo: Reuters / US Department of Justice
Mr. Herr Joe Biden found evidence that he intentionally kept classified documents, but the available facts were insufficient to impeach him.
Robert Hurr responded to Republican Matt Gates, who argued that Joe Biden's actions met all the criteria to constitute a federal crime.thought
guilty
However, he took on a Democrat who claimed to have freed President Biden.
I did not release him.
In his statement, he specifically opined that a jury would give the benefit of the doubt A friendly old man with a good memory
.
After several months of investigation, Robert Hurr's investigation followed the discovery in December 2022, and then in January 2023, of declassified documents from Joe Biden's time as Vice President. Notably, documents at his Delaware home and former office relate to US military involvement in Afghanistan.
With information from The New York Times, CNN and Agence France-Presse
