Robert Hur says Biden memory comments were ‘necessary, accurate and fair’

There has been a lot of attention paid to language in the report about the president’s memory so let me say a few words about that my task was to determine whether the president retained or disclosed National Defense information willfully that means knowingly and with the intent to do something the law

Forbids I could not make that determination without assessing the president’s State of Mind for that reason I had to consider the president’s memory an overall mental state and how a jury likely would perceive his memory and mental state in a criminal trial these are the types of issues that

Prosecutors analyze every day and because these issues were important to my ultimate decision I had to include a discussion of them in my report to the attorney general the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue we interviewed the president and asked him about his recorded statemente I just

Found all the classified stuff downstairs end quote he told us that he didn’t remember saying that to his Ghost Rider he also said he didn’t remember finding any classified material in his home after his vice presidency and he didn’t remember anything about how classified documents about Afghanistan made their way into his

Garage my assessment in the report about the relevance of the president’s memory was necessary and accurate and fair most importantly what I wrote is what I believe the evidence showed and what I expect jurors would perceive and believe I did not sanitize my explanation nor did I disparaged the

President unfairly I explained to the attorney general my decision and the reasons for it that’s what I was required to do

The former special counsel has defended comments he made on Joe Biden’s memory in his report on the US president’s handling of classified documents.
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Robert Hur appeared before a House judiciary committee on Tuesday, where he said: ‘I did not sanitise my explanation. Nor did I disparage the president unfairly. I explained to the attorney general my decision and the reasons for it. That’s what I was required to do’.

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39 comments

  4. Lets face it it was an entirely partisan speculative attempt to smear nothing more – grow a pair and own it.

  5. Former CIA Director (resigned) and retired General David Petraeus, was fined $100,000 and placed on two years probation for the unauthorized removal and retention of classified material which he shared with his biographer/lover Paula Broadwell. Under a plea agreement he avoided prison time.

  7. Ridiculousness. Nobody should say anything that could sway a voter to vote for Trump. Literally ANYONE would be better as president than Trump, who is absolutely dangerous in every possible way.

  8. His statements appear to be based on objectively factual observation of the president’s own statements. Don’t get me wrong, I think Trump’s a total waste and a menace, but I am still aghast that the choice comes down to these two absolute choppers.

  12. 80 years old needs to be in a old people home just like every other 80 year old biden is not special superman 80 year old and you got him running a country lol

  14. Special counsel Hur said Joe Biden willfully retained classified documents he had no right to possess bec. he was writing a book that Biden was ultimately paid $8-Million for! Hur confirmed that the day he was named special counsel to investigate Joe Biden’s illegal retention and mishandling of classified documents – Biden’s ghost writer who Biden had shared sensitive government secrets with – DESTROYED THE EVIDENCE. Gee – sounds like what Trump is accused of except that Biden was not charged and Trump was!

  15. So in plain English he couldn't get a conviction because Joe is Mentally incapacitated 😅
    But its perfectly fine for him to have the Launch codes for the Nuclear weapons 😅😅
    The 2020s are truly amazing 👏

  21. How has the most successful country ended up with two mentally questionable geriatrics.

  24. Obidens state of mind is corruption corruption corruption, he even said it himself years ago, don’t assume I’m not corrupt, what a 🤡

  25. Don't understand why everyone is so avid in defending Biden's candidacy. He is 81 years old and for his own sake should be retired and kicking back, or building houses with Carter or whatever it is he's into. It's not an insult to say that an octogenarian is past their prime and a poor candidate for the most influential job on the planet. The same goes for Trump, though tbf age doesn't even make it into the top 10 reasons he shouldn't be president. Democrat members should have been adamant from the offset that Biden was a one term president and mounted a robust primary race to choose his successor, and the fact that they instead close ranks and insist on flogging abdead horse isn't just bad for the Democrats or America as a whole, but for the rest of us looking on that will have to suffer the next 4 years with a senile hegemon (whoever wins)

  26. If people can't distinguish between the massive collection of classified material removed and concealed illegally by Trump with obvious malicious intent, and the relatively few documents retained absent mindedly and without malice by Biden, then their failure to make that distinction is itself deliberate and nefarious.

  28. How many people can remember what personal documents they have in their home after eight years? At least Biden knows who the current president is or who was Speaker of the House during the January 6th riot!

  30. Joe Biden had $8-Million reasons to willfully and unlawfully possess and retain classified documents. Special counsel Hur said Biden was paid $8-Million for writing a book. Hur confirmed that the day he was named special counsel to investigate Joe Biden’s illegal retention and mishandling of classified documents – Biden’s ghost writer who Biden had shared sensitive government secrets with – DESTROYED THE EVIDENCE. Gee – sounds just like what Trump is accused of except that Biden was not charged and Trump was! Another difference – Biden had NO authority to possess and declassify secret documents as a U.S. senator – while Trump under the Presidental Records Act as president had SOLE authority to do so!

  31. Mr. Hur, has Mr. Trump ever slept with a Chinese spy. Mr. Hur, has Mr. Trump as a US Senator or Vice President ever taken classified documents, which is a felony?

  34. Did it ever occur to you that Biden might have been lying when he told you he didn't remember how those documents ended up in his garage? His memory is irrelevant. You found classified documents in his garage, so your job is to indict him. It's a jury's job to decide guilt or innocence, and his dementia can be considered at sentencing if found guilty.

  36. When a channel has 3.52MILLION subscribers..but ONLY 100 comment…what does that suggest to you? (given that channels with 5000 REAL subscribers routinely get 1000 comments.)

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