Excerpts Reveal Hur’s Prepared Remarks About Biden’s mental acuity
Just a few hours Robert Hur heading to the Hill private citizen after officially resigning as special counsel.
He will now be able to testify more freely on President Biden’s retention of classified documents. and that report deincident ’king him as an elderly man with a poor memory which is why he wasn’t charged.
excerpts in the opening statement hur claims, quote: I had to consider the president’s memory. overall mental state and how a jury likely would perceive his memory and mental state in a criminal trial.
did I not sanitize my explanation nor did I disparage the president unfairly?
house judiciary chair Jim Jordan also just got this report. trying to digest it in the break now with a preview of its questioning and what he thinks about the opening statement.
congressman, I know we just got this moments ago. but, what’s your initial impression?
Jim Jordan
I think Special Counsel Hur had one fundamental question to address. Did Joe Biden keep and share classified information?
and the answer to that question is a resounding yes. yes, he did. he kept it in five different locations.
the Penn Biden Center, the University of Delaware, and then in his garage, his office, and his den at his home.
So he kept it in five locations. but maybe more importantly, he shared classified information with the ghostwriter of his book.
So, that is clear. we’re going to probe all those areas. but, he found that clearly but then decided as you pointed out, Brian, that because the president would be sympathetic and this is a special
counsel Hurens words sympathetic to a jury elderly old man who can’t remember things he decided not to bring charges.
Questioning Jim Jordan
he answers that I had to consider the president’s overall mental state. he asked him about the statement on tape to his ghostwriter that said I just found all of the classified stuff downstairs.
Did he say that to his ghostwriter?
Hur: My Assessment About Biden’s Memory Was Accurate And Fair
He told us he didn’t remember saying that to his ghostwriter. didn’t remember finding didn’t remember finding any classified material in his home. over two at a time period.
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daily intelligence brief. The time he spent in the situation room prosecutors have to look at the totality of things when they are going to take a case to the jury. he decided not to bring judges.
congressman, If I didn’t give you this report. action. Robert Hur, what would you ask him?
roughly, I know I don’t want to give away questions. what’s the spirit?
what’s the spirit that you are going after? what’s the area in which you are pursuing?
I think you are looking at motive. why did he do it? he knowingly intentionally kept things three individuals run for perspective parties over the last three cycles.
hillary clinton, joe biden, and president trump. all three have had concerns about how they handled classified documents only one getting prosecuted.
if that doesn’t point to the double standard only one. other presidents and vice presidents who have had concerns with how they handled classified information.
none of them were ever prosecuted. only Jack Smith, the guy looking for things going after the very people Lois learner targeted.
he is the one going after President Trump. that will be a theme in this hearing today as well.
one thing we are going to ask the special counsel hur one thing we have done is we said we want the audiotapes.
we want all the information you had when you interviewed President Biden. we think you’re not going to prosecute him based on the fact that you believe he is an extremely old man who forgets things.
we want to hear those audiotapes. we have asked for that right now the white house and Justice Department aren’t giving it to us.