Hur did his version of Comey's "I have no case but need to slap 'em around a little" routine
as for Biden's mental fitness, I talked to him one-on-one at the White House 10 days before Hur did
here's the video; judge for yourselfhttps://t.co/uZHiWLjCo6
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 8, 2024
Remember how some (outdated, unimportant) TOP SECRET papers turned up during a search of President Biden’s property, at the same time the FBI was toting box after box of highly sensitive material out of Mar-A-Lago? (Don’t worry, very few people *did* remember.) Well, after a thorough investigation, the Republican special counsel in charge of weighing Biden’s culpability decided he couldn’t make a case that wouldn’t be thrown out of court… but that didn’t stop Hur from trying a little Comey-dance for the compliant media.
Per NBC, “Biden won’t be charged in classified docs case; special counsel cites instances of ‘poor memory’”:
Special counsel Robert Hur has declined to prosecute President Joe Biden for his handling of classified documents but said in a report released Thursday that Biden’s practices “present serious risks to national security” and added that part of the reason he wouldn’t charge Biden was that the president could portray himself as an “elderly man with a poor memory” who would be sympathetic to a jury.
“Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” the report said, but added that the evidence “does not establish Mr. Biden’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
The report from Hur — who previously appointed by former President Donald Trump as one of the country’s top federal prosecutors — also made clear the “material distinctions” between a theoretical case against Biden and the pending case against Trump for his handling of classified documents, noting the “serious aggravating facts” in Trump’s case.
Biden said in a statement after the report became public that he was “pleased to see they reached the conclusion I believed all along they would reach — that there would be no charges brought in this case and the matter is now closed,” adding that he “cooperated completely, threw up no roadblocks, and sought no delays.”…