President Joe Biden’s attorneys allegedly urged the Justice Department to exclude any language from special counsel Robert Hur’s report that criticized his age and memory.
Inside sources have revealed that Biden’s attorneys wrote “to Attorney General Merrick Garland, complaining that details in the report about the president’s recollections during an interview with investigators ‘openly, obviously and blatantly violate department policy and practice.’”
Per ABC News:
“Bradley Weinsheimer, a senior Justice Department official, responded the following day that the “identified language is neither gratuitous nor unduly prejudicial because it is not offered to criticize or demean the President; rather, it is offered to explain Special Counsel Hur’s conclusions about the President’s state of mind in possessing and retaining classified information.”’
After Hur’s report, Biden’s lawyers responded to Weinsheimer’s letter that they “fundamentally disagree with [his] assessment that the comments contained in Special Counsel Hur’s report were consistent with Department policy and practice.”
“They surely were not,” they asserted.
Last week, Robert Hur stated in his report that the president is experiencing cognitive decline, leading to memory issues. Hur cited this as a reason to suggest that the president should not face prosecution for retaining classified documents.
Per the report:
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