Former special counsel Robert Hur agreed that he had identified evidence that provided President Biden with a “strong” incentive to keep the classified records. The former vice president was trying to preserve materials he would use to write his memoir, which he brought back to President Biden. 8 million dollars.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan questioned Ho during Tuesday’s hearing, asking “why, in Joe Biden’s words, did you knowingly retain and disclose classified material?”
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“He knew the law. He was in the U.S. Senate for 50, 50 years, chaired the Foreign Relations Committee, served as vice president for eight years, was briefed every day as vice president, was in the situation room,” Jordan said. said. “In fact, you say that on page 226, so you know he knew the rules.”
Special Counsel Robert Hur and President Joe Biden. (Getty Images)
Mr. Jordan referred to Mr. Xu’s report, in which he said Mr. Biden was “deeply familiar with the steps taken to protect classified documents.”
When asked why Biden broke these rules, Ho said, “The exact conclusions as to why the president acted this way are not something we explicitly address in our report.” answered.
But Jordan pushed back.
“I think he told us that,” Jordan said. “I think you told us, Mr. Heo. Page 231. You said, ‘President Biden had a strong motive,’ that’s the key word. We’re now starting to look at the motive. “President Biden had a strong motive to ignore due process” for protecting classified information in his notebook.”
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“Why was he so motivated? Because, to put it another way, he had decided months before he left office that he was going to write a book,” Jordan said. “That was his motive. He knew the rules. He broke the rules because he was writing a book.”
Mr. Jordan reminded Mr. Heo that he had explained that Mr. Biden “started meeting with ghostwriters” to write the book when he was still vice president.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“The motivation is there,” Jordan said. “How much did President Biden get paid for his book?”
Mr. Xu pointed out that the figure was included in the report and replied, “If it’s accurate, it might be $8 million.”
“Eight million dollars. Joe Biden had eight million reasons to break the rules, take classified information and share it with the guy who wrote the book,” Jordan said. “He knew the rules, but he got the big bucks, getting $8 million in advances on the book.”
Citing Heo’s report, Jordan said Biden “considers his notebook an irreplaceable contemporary record of the most important moments of his time as vice president.”
“He paid $8 million to write all this down for a book,” Jordan said, adding, “A record like this would strengthen his legacy as a world leader. ”He quoted the report from Mr. Hur.
Jordan said the rule violations were “not just about money.”
“It was also his ego,” Jordan said. “He intentionally broke the rules for pride and money – the oldest motivations in the book are pride and money.”
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Mr Jordan added: “Do you agree with that, Mr. Hoare? That’s what you say in your report.”
Mr Hoare responded: “That language does appear in the report, and we have identified evidence to support those assessments.”
Ho’s report said Biden risked “serious damage” to U.S. national security by sharing classified information with the book’s ghostwriter.
Mr. Hur testified that ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer recorded conversations with Mr. Biden in which the then-vice president read information from classified records.
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But regarding those recordings, Hoar testified that Zwonitzer “slipped those files into the trash on his computer” after learning that a special prosecutor had been appointed to investigate the matter. .
Jordan asked if the ghostwriter was trying to “destroy evidence.”
“That’s right,” Hoare testified.
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“The very man who was helping Joe Biden get $8 million, the same guy who was helping Joe Biden get $8 million, the same guy who was trying to disclose classified information to keep it confidential,” The motive, he obviously knew it was against the law, and when you were appointed special prosecutor, you said, “What is that guy doing? Destroying evidence.” Jordan said. . “That’s the important point in my mind. That’s the important point.”
