Special Counsel Ben Hur upheld a report into President Biden’s handling of classified documents, arguing that the president did not unfairly characterize his mental health.
Mr. Xu, who is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill at 10 a.m. Tuesday, is likely to push back against accusations that he is politicizing the report by commenting on Mr. Biden’s failing memory.
“My assessment in the President’s Memory Relevance Report was necessary, accurate and fair,” Hoare wrote in a copy of his prepared remarks obtained by Fox News. “Most importantly, what I have written is what I believe the evidence shows and what I hope the jury will recognize and believe.”
Special Counsel Robert Hur to testify publicly on results of Biden secret records investigation
Maryland District Attorney Robert Hur speaks at the Robert F. Kennedy Hon. Judge Building in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The statement continued: “I did not sanitize my explanation. I did not unfairly disparage the president. I explained my decision and the reasons for it to the attorney general. That is what is required of me.” said.
Ha, who? published his report He told the nation in February that he did not recommend criminal charges against Biden for mishandling and storing classified documents and said he would not file charges against Biden even if he was not in the Oval Office.
These records include classified documents regarding the military and foreign policy of Afghanistan and other countries, including records related to national security and foreign policy, which are classified as “classified”. sources and methods,” Hoare said.
Special counsel calls Biden a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” and declines indictment
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Although Mr. Hsu did not recommend any charges against the president, he did describe him as a “sympathetic, well-meaning old man with a poor memory,” a depiction that raises serious concerns for Mr. Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign. There is.
Democratic lawmakers and party leaders harshly criticized the inclusion of comments about the president’s mental competency, saying it unnecessarily politicized the investigation.
“I analyzed the evidence as prosecutors routinely do: how the president’s lawyers would poke holes in the government’s case if it went to trial, and how they would do things the government couldn’t do. “It was by evaluating the strengths and weaknesses, such as predicting how a jury would try to persuade ‘prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,'” Hoare said in prepared remarks. insisted.
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President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally at Pullman Yards in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Senator)
He added, “A lot of attention has been paid to the language of the report on presidential memory, so let me say a few words about it. It was to determine whether or not it had been disclosed. “That means he did it knowingly and knowingly that it was prohibited by law. He could not have made that decision without evaluating the president’s mental state.”
