Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Read” that the special counsel believes President Joe Biden “knowingly possessed and intended to disseminate classified information with any intent.” He said he found no evidence that “that was the case.”
Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Today, as you know, Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report was released to the public. He said that President Biden is not going to press charges, but that he is holding classified information. , concluded that one reason for not filing charges is essentially that they believe Joe Biden is too old and frail to prosecute without a jury verdict. . What’s your reaction?
“I don’t think that’s why he didn’t press charges,” Goldman said. This is a completely irrelevant and unnecessary statement made by a Republican who is trying to make a political statement that has no place in this special counsel’s report. The bottom line is that President Biden and his team cooperated fully as soon as they identified it as a classified document. He turned them over. He allowed the FBI to search every room in his house. He was fully cooperating and there was no evidence that he knowingly and intentionally kept confidential information for the purpose of distributing it. ”
He added: “When you juxtapose that he was charged with obstruction of justice against Donald Trump, who has gone to great lengths to obstruct the FBI, first the archives, then the FBI, this is clear knowledge and “It shows intent,” he added. That’s why he was indicted in Florida and why President Biden was acquitted today. ”
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