Hur and also a letter to Merrick Garland . Objection. And with that, mr. Chairman, i see my time has expired and i yield back gentlelady yields back the chair is recognized. Mr. Her, why do you do it . Why did joe biden your words willfully retained and disclosed, classified materials . I mean, he knew the law in an office like 50 years five decades in the United States senate, chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee, eight years as Vice President , he got briefed every day as Vice President. Hes been in the situation room. In fact, you know, he knew the rules because you said so on page 226 President Biden was deeply familiar with the measures taken to safeguard Classified Documents and joe biden told us he knew the rules mr. Armstrong said this earlier. Joe biden was deeply familiar with it. Youre exactly right because he told us when jack smith goes after President Trump, joe biden says, how could this happen . What data was in those documents that could compromise source
He was trying to stay above the fray. Brendan, i have not read as mike has, the full transcript. I read the New York Times analysis of it. Again, something for everybody. Times when joe biden, they point out, couldnt remember specific dates. Didnt have specific memory of how some of these documents were handled but they also said to mikes point about sense of humor, mr. Biden went into great detail about many manners, the transcript shows. He made jokes over the two days, teasing the prosecutors and at certain points, he corrected his interrogators when they were the ones who misspoke. Is it clear to you on either side, brendan, that one side or the other walks away with something politically advantageous . Well i think to answer that question, you have to think about where we started from. When this report came out, it was an absolute bombshell, really underscoring the president s difficulty politically with his age. It was a gift to republicans. Now, when you get to a congressional h
State of new york for defrauding state through his taxes. And he has been judged a rapist. You want to be perceived as credible. So i want to first see if you will pledge to not accept an appointment from donald trump if he is elected again as president. Congressman, im not here to seems like an easy answer considering what i laid out. Im here to talk about the report and the work that went into it. You dont want to be associated with that guy again, do you . Im not here to offer opinions. Im here to talk about the work that went into the report. There were no limits on you as to what you could charge President Biden by the Attorney General, is that right . The decisions that i made that are reflected in the report are my own. You did not bring any charges, is that correct . Correct. There were no limits on john durham and his investigation of the prior administration, when he was Special Counsel, is that right . I dont believe i have the information required to answer the question abo
Its all political, and i think that in the end that that ends up hurting joe biden and helping donald trump. John jonathan turley, to the point that a lot of democrats are making here, this was a clearly partisan report, that hur was only out to get biden, trying to shred his credibility. He said in his Opening Statement that he had to, because of doj guidelines, present this report to the Attorney General on his decision not to charge. He said i knew from my decision to be credible, i could not simply announce i recommended no criminal charges and leave it at that, i needed to explain why, show my work as he said. Put that into context for us legally. Did he have to go into this level of detail . Because its the part of this that is real ticked off the white house and set democrats aflame is his idea that joe biden is a kindly old gentleman with a bad memory, and that of course brings up the entire conversation about whether or not he can continue to be president now let alone for ano
the breaking news in the law and justice lead, a damning report released and president biden s mishandling of classified document it is. the report includes photographs of documents showing them kept under his tv in his delaware home. classified documents about afghanistan barely stored, on old box surrounded by household debris. essential counsel concluded the evidence quote does not establish mr. biden s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, therefore prosecution would be unwarranted. part of the reason for that however would be is that trial, we would like him to present himself as a sympathetic, well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory unquote. hardly a bumper sticker for a 2024 presidential campaign. the report notes president biden s memory issues stating quote he did not remember when his son beau died, which was 2015. in the last hour, president biden reacted to the outcome of this report. . special counsel acknowledged i cooperated completely. did not throw up any