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Feb 08 2024
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Special counsel: Biden’s classified document mishandling doesn’t warrant charges
The special counsel investigating President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents has concluded that no criminal charges are warranted in the matter and said they wouldn’t be even if the Department of Justice didn’t have a policy barring the prosecution of sitting presidents.
That conclusion was revealed in a 345-page report that the Justice Department sent to Capitol Hill on
PoliticoFeb 08 2024
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Live updates: Special counsel report on Biden classified documents probe
Special counsel Robert Hur has concluded his yearlong investigation into possible mishandling of classified documents at two locations connected to President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a letter to lawmakers on Wednesday. Garland said that Hur has submitted his report and that the White House counsel’s office is still reviewing it for executive privilege issues. As soon
CNN (Online News)Mar 14 2024
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Trump and his lawyers make two arguments in court to get classified documents case dismissed
Fort Pierce, Florida — Former President Donald Trump and his lawyers are in court trying to convince a federal judge in Florida Thursday to dismiss special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case against him.
Judge Aileen Cannon is hearing arguments on two motions filed by Trump, one that says the former president is shielded from prosecution by a federal recordkeeping law, and
CBS News (Online)Feb 12 2024
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Trump set to attend classified documents case hearing in special secure facility
Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend a hearing Monday for his classified documents case that will be held in a special secure facility. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon presides over the hearing where attorneys will address issues about the classified materials. The hearings will be held under seal and in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), according to ABC
KFOX 14Feb 09 2024
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Holder rips ‘inconsistent’ special counsel report on Biden classified documents report
Former Attorney General Eric Holder went after a recently released special counsel report on President Biden’s retention of classified documents Friday. “Special Counsel Hur report on Biden classified documents issues contains way too many gratuitous remarks and is flatly inconsistent with longstanding DOJ [Department of Justice] traditions,” Holder said in a post on X, the platform formerly
The HillFeb 09 2024
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House Oversight Committee Demands Access to Joe Biden’s ‘Stashed Classified Documents’
The Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Accountability demanded Friday that the Justice Department hand over Joe Biden’s “stashed classified documents” to Congress, as they are pertinent to the committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling operations. In October, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) asked Special Counsel Robert Hur whether Biden had
American GreatnessFeb 09 2024
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Classified Documents Relating to Ukraine Found in Biden’s Office, Special Counsel Reveals
The special counsel says that President Joe Biden ‘willfully’ retained the documents. President Joe Biden retained documents related to Ukraine that were classified as “secret” and “confidential,” according to a report by Justice Department’s special counsel Robert Hur, released on Feb. 8. There is a handwritten note from President Biden in the upper-right corner of the sheet asking his
The Epoch TimesFeb 09 2024
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Special Counsel Robert Hur’s Report on Biden’s Classified Documents Is Partisan and Unprofessional
As part of his Don Quixote-like quest to avoid criticism, Attorney General Merrick Garland has binged on special counsel appointments throughout his tenure at the U.S. Department of Justice. Now, following a string of debacles, including allowing Special Counsel John Durham to continue his useless four-year probe of the Mueller investigation—elevating the Hunter Biden prosecutor, David Weiss,
Daily BeastFeb 08 2024
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DOJ report digs into Biden's mishandling classified documents, 'poor memory': 5 takeaways
President Joe Biden was careless in his handling of classified documents scattered across his Delaware residence, but federal investigators concluded he will avoid prosecution − in part − because of his "poor memory." That’s according to a long-awaited Justice Department report released on Thursday concluded. Cries about a legal double-standard among the president's Republican opponents are
"USA Today" ContributorFeb 08 2024
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No charges as result of special counsel concluding Biden "willfully" held classified documents
After nearly a year-long investigation into whether or not President Joe Biden and his staff broke the law in their handling of classified documents during and after his time as vice president, a 345-page report handed down by special counsel Robert Hur concludes that, no, they did not. Focusing on the circumstances surrounding how and why certain documents from the Obama administration ended
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