Republican, Democratic Lawmakers Criticize Robert Hur Over Biden Report

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Republican, Democratic Lawmakers Criticize Robert Hur Over Biden Report
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handling of classified documents. Although no charges were recommended, Hur’s report noted Biden’s memory lapses, at one point describing Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”Democratic lawmakers criticized Hur for his descriptions of Biden’s memory and mental state, accusing Hur of playing politics. Hur refuted these claims, arguing he refused to “shape, sanitize or omit portions of my reasoning for political reasons.

A case in point: A Democratic congressman accused Hur of using his report to “trash and smear” Biden and to help Donald Trump, even as a Republican pilloried him as “part of the Praetorian Guard that guards the swamp out here in Washington, D.C., protecting the elites.”Five weeks after his report into Joe Biden's handling of classified documents exploded a political bombshell, former special counsel Robert Hur appeared at a hearing in Congress to explain and defend his work.

It characterised him as a"well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory". It also cited instances of Mr Biden being unable to recall some...Ex-Special Counsel Robert Hur testified on Tuesday that he"did not exonerate" President Biden in his report detailing the investigation into mishandling of classified records, repeatedly shutting down Democratic lawmakers’ characterizations.

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