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Feb 09 2024
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough trashes special counsel's report
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough attacked Special Counsel Robert Hur on “Morning Joe” Friday for saying in his report released Thursday that President Joe Biden has a “poor” memory. Scarborough, a former Republican representative who’s now a harsh critic of former President Donald Trump, said that Hur, “from Trump university,” was playing the role of a neurologist and a lawyer in the report. Hur
PoliticoFeb 08 2024
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Special counsel feeds frenzy over Biden’s age
Donald Trump had his best day of 2024 so far… ► The former president was handed a political gift. An independent special counsel poured kerosene on concerns about Joe Biden’s age with pointed language about the president’s poor memory after concluding Biden had willfully mishandled classified documents – and that his failing memory makes him impossible to convict. Biden was on defense at a
CNN (Online News)Feb 08 2024
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Special counsel: No charges for Biden in classified documents probe
Joe Biden carelessly handled classified materials found at his home and former office and shared government secrets with his ghostwriter, but prosecutors decided no chargeable crime was committed, according to a long-awaited special counsel report released Thursday. Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics. The 345-page Justice Department
Washington PostMar 13 2024
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Biden recalls bluffing through a law school torts class in special counsel testimony
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on lowering costs for American families during a visit to Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S., March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab March 13 (Reuters) - It seems that even U.S. presidents struggled with professors' dreaded "cold calls" in law school. President Joe Biden shared a story about his first torts class
ReutersFeb 16 2024
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Special Counsel Who Questioned Biden's Memory To Testify In Congress
Seeking to keep a spotlight on President Joe Biden’s age, House Republicans will hold a public hearing next month with the Justice Department special counsel who found evidence that the president had mishandled classified information when he was out of office but who also concluded that criminal charges were not warranted.
The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by conservative firebrand
HuffPostFeb 15 2024
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Special counsel Robert Hur to testify publicly on Biden investigation
Special counsel Robert Hur will appear publicly before the House Judiciary Committee on March 12 to answer questions about his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified records. The hearing, confirmed by a source familiar, comes as Republicans have called his failure to recommend charges for Biden part of a broader “double standard” amid former President Trump’s prosecution
The HillMar 12 2024
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Special counsel Robert Hur defends his findings on Biden classified documents case
Lufkin Daily NewsFeb 13 2024
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House Republicans Give a Deadline for Transcript of Special Counsel Interview
After the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur's report from last Thursday, House Republicans on the Oversight and House Judiciary Committees as well as House Committee on Ways and Means have demanded the transcript of the interviews Biden gave as part of the investigation. As Matt has covered, the White House has been particularly resistant to such a release. On Monday, however, the
TownhallFeb 10 2024
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Harris says special counsel report on Biden was "politically motivated"
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday slammed the special counsel report questioning President Biden's memory, and praised how "on top of it all" he was in responding to the Israel-Hamas war.
The big picture: Harris' defense of her running mate comes amid fallout from Special counsel Robert Hur's report that described Biden as an "elderly man with a poor memory" whose handling of
AxiosFeb 10 2024
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Inside Biden’s five-hour face-off with the special counsel
Those five hours and 10 minutes of interviews, unfolding over two days, would turn out to be momentous. But at the time, few foresaw how they would blow up four months later — not because of their content, but because Hur would repeatedly deride Biden’s memory during their time together. In a long-awaited report issued this week, Hur declined to prosecute Biden over his handling of classified
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