Republicans say President Biden is unfit to be president and that the Justice Department is operating with double standards over a new report into its handling of classified documents.
Republicans denounced Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report released Thursday, which “revealed evidence that President Biden intentionally withheld and disclosed classified materials after becoming vice president, when he was a civilian.” said.
Republican lawmakers exploited Ho’s descriptions of Biden’s vulnerabilities and advanced age, including his inability to remember the year of his son’s death and his decision not to indict Biden.
“Special Counsel Heo said Mr. Biden is a “well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” In his current mental and physical condition, it would be impossible for him to become President of the United States,” Congressman Greg Murphy (RN.C.) wrote about X.
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Biden allies Rep. Jerry Nadler and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley are just two of the lawmakers responding to Special Counsel Robert Haass’s report on President Biden. (Getty)
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) accused the federal government of operating under a judicial double standard over Biden’s failure to pursue recommended charges.
“Robert Hur’s report today tells us two things: There is a double standard of justice in this country, and Joe Biden is not going to hold public office,” Jordan said. It’s not appropriate,” he said.
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) similarly wrote in X that the special counsel found evidence that Biden “intentionally retained and disclosed classified material after he was a civilian while vice president.” “I recognized that I did it,” he wrote. But we’re not going to indict him! The deep state is protecting what’s theirs. ”
Meanwhile, Representative Jerry Nadler (New York), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and a Biden ally, said that special counsel Robert Hur is investigating the parallel investigation into Biden and the handling of former President Donald Trump’s classified documents. He pointed out the distinction made between
“MAGA Republicans will no doubt push for an investigation into the agency in the future — that’s their favorite move — but the Hur report effectively ends the debate. President Biden will appoint a special counsel. “We have fully cooperated and have not redacted any part of the special counsel’s report. Unlike President Trump, President Biden has fully cooperated with the special counsel. He has nothing to hide,” Nadler said. said. “If Mr. Trump had cooperated with the Justice Department instead of repeatedly lying to investigators, at least some of the 91 criminal charges currently pending could have been avoided.”
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Maryland U.S. Attorney Robert Hur promoted to special counsel for Biden investigation (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Republican senators quickly accused the Justice Department of a double standard between Special Counsel Biden’s ruling and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of President Donald Trump. Mr. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all 37 felonies in the Smith investigation.
Sen. Mark Wayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Thursday that the special counsel’s report found that Biden “intentionally retained and disclosed classified material” for years before entering the White House. I’m confirming it,” he posted on X. “Meanwhile, President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home is raided by the FBI and he’s confronted by an armed Justice Department. It’s clearly a two-tiered justice system.”
Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Missouri) said in an interview on Fox News Digital on Thursday that the report “is going to really fuel concerns that there are two tiers of justice.”
“Joe Biden literally had classified documents stored in an unlocked garage where Hunter Biden lived, which was probably compromised,” he said. “So, without knowing the specific facts of the case, I think the public will certainly say there are two levels of justice here, and that’s very concerning.”
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) wrote about X: “President Biden mishandled classified documents for years, storing them in his garage in Delaware, but No charges are expected. The state of Tennessee and the American people are tired of these two.” The hierarchy of justice that has become the status quo of this administration. ”
In response to parts of the Hur report that said Biden’s memory had “significant limitations,” including his time as vice president in the Obama administration, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said, ” He doesn’t remember.” How long as vice president? But is he somehow eligible to serve as president for four more years?”
The National Senate Republican Committee, a prominent Senate campaign fundraising group, said that “Joe Biden is not fit to be president.”
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Despite finding that Biden “intentionally retained and disclosed classified material,” Mr. Hsu decided not to prosecute. Heo, who was not in charge of the Trump classified documents case, said in the report that the former president “most notably was given multiple opportunities to return classified documents and avoid prosecution. Yet Mr. Trump allegedly did the opposite.”
