'Cheap shot': Biden allies go on the attack against the special counsel and the media

The Biden campaign and the White House have landed on an initial strategy for responding to special counsel Robert Hur's report that has spurred questions about the president's fitness to hold office: Attack Hur and the media covering the report.

The morning after Biden flashed anger at Hur for what he and other senior advisers argue was an inappropriate and excessive focus on his age, Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House counsel, sparred with the press corps for cherry-picking findings in the report, which he suggested was written in a way to shield Hur from political pressure from Republicans.

“I know it’s hard to wade through 400 full pages,” he said. “The report lays out example after example of how the president did not willfully take classified documents.”