The special counsel is testifying on Capitol Hill
Under Pressure: Special Counsel Robert Hur’s Case over Biden’s Accususation of Mishandling of Classified Documents
Special counsel Robert Hur is set to testify before Congress on Tuesday about his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents, speaking publicly for the first time about the probe that resulted in no charges but set off a political firestorm about the president’s age and mental fitness.
In a nearly 350-page report released last month, Hur said charges were not warranted against Biden for his alleged mishandling of classified materials after he left the vice presidency. Hur’s description of Biden as a sympathetic, well- meaning, old man with a poor memory overshadowed the decision.
That portrayal fed into an already public debate about President Biden’s age and fitness for a second term. It also sparked fury at the White House and among Democrats on Capitol Hill, who called Hur’s remarks gratuitous, prejudicial and inappropriate.
Republicans, meanwhile, seized on the description of Biden to raise questions about the president’s mental acuity. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other senior Republicans, for example, said that “a man too incapable of being held accountable for mishandling classified information is certainly unfit for the Oval Office.”
At the same time, Johnson and his fellow GOP leaders in the House claimed that the decision not to charge Biden was evidence of a “two-tiered system of justice,” echoing a claim that former President Donald Trump has also made without evidence.
Trump is facing a separate investigation, led by special counsel Jack Smith, into his own alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving the presidency. Trump was indicted on more than three dozen federal criminal charges after boxes of classified materials were found at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
There are some differences between the Biden and Trump cases. In Biden’s case, his attorneys promptly returned the records after discovering them. Trump, meanwhile, is accused of willfully keeping the classified documents and then actively trying to obstruct Justice Department efforts to get them back.
The allegations that Mr. Biden has been accused of would present serious facts if proven.
No evidence has been produced to show that Vice President Biden was involved in any foreign business dealings.
The Trump era: the Praetorian Guard vs. the judiciary: A response to Tiffany and McClintock
Representative Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin talked to Hur, saying that he is part of the Praetorian Guard that protects the elites.
Tom McClintock of California used his allotted time to complain about the classified-documents prosecution of Donald Trump, arguing that the Biden administration was using the rule of law as a weapon against political rivals and a tool of despotism.
Because, as has become clearer with every day of the Trump era, they don’t actually want to win. They aren’t interested in retention of classified documents. They only care about the swamp, the deep state, and the elites, because they control half of the government.
