Special Counsel Robert Hur described President Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, older man with a short memory,” and released a criminal complaint against the president following a months-long investigation into his improper storage of classified documents. He said he had no intention of pressing charges. international security.
Xu’s report was released Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Hsu has been investigating Mr. Biden’s improper retention of classified records since last year. These records include classified documents related to Afghanistan’s military and foreign policy, including records related to national security and foreign policy, which are classified as “confidential sources and methods.” Hoare said he was involved in the
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC, USA. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“We conclude that criminal charges are not warranted in this matter,” the report states. “We would reach the same conclusion even if Justice Department policy did not prohibit criminal charges against a sitting president.”
But Huh said in his report that the special counsel’s team “also believes that there is a possibility that Mr. I think it’s high.” Because my memory is bad. ”
“Based on direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone many jurors would want to develop a reasonable doubt about,” the report said. “It would be difficult to convince a jury to convict a former president, who was well into his 80s at that point, of a serious felony requiring a deliberate state of mind.”
Mr. Xu’s report found that Mr. Biden’s memory had “deteriorated” during interviews with the special counsel’s office.
During the interview, Biden “doesn’t remember when he was vice president and forgot on the first day of the interview that his term ended (“If it was 2013, when did you stop being vice president?”), I forgot about the second day. The day of the interview that started his term (“2009, Am I Still Vice President?”).
“He didn’t remember when his son Beau died, even within a few years. And when he describes the Afghanistan debate, which was once so important to him, his memory is hazy. Among other things, he erroneously stated that he had “real differences.”” In fact, Eikenberry was an ally that Eiden fondly cited in his Thanksgiving memo to President Obama. ,” Herr’s report said.
Mr. Biden is 81 years old.
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