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Feb 11 2024
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Democrats fret over special counsel’s Biden report ahead of November
A bombshell report raising questions about President Biden’s mental acuity has sparked new anxieties among House Democrats, who fear the focus on the president’s age could hamstring their efforts to flip control of the lower chamber in November’s elections. The Democrats are quick to emphasize that they disagree strongly with the assessments of special counsel Robert Hur, whose report into
The HillFeb 10 2024
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Special counsel stuck "shiv" into Joe Biden: Ex-Obama official
David Axelrod, an ex-senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, wrote in an opinion piece on Saturday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) special counsel Robert Hur stuck a "shiv" into President Joe Biden with his recent report. On Thursday, Hur's bombshell report on the classified documents found at Biden's Delaware home in January 2023 and his Penn Biden Center office in Washington
NewsweekFeb 10 2024
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Democrats fume over special counsel report questioning Biden’s memory
Democrats are outraged over a special counsel report that raised new fears about President Biden’s memory, super-charging a long-standing issue that threatens to be the party’s biggest political liability in November. In a 388-page report, special counsel Robert Hur argued it would be unlikely for a jury to convict the president for his handling of classified documents, setting up what would
The HillFeb 10 2024
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Special counsel's report on classified documents has echoes of the 2016 election
Special counsel's report on classified documents has echoes of the 2016 election An investigation in the middle of a presidential campaign wraps up with no charges, and yet the words of the investigator hurt far more than they help. That is a scenario that appears to be playing out this week with special counsel Robert Hur deciding President Biden shouldn't be charged with willfully retaining
NPR Fact CheckFeb 10 2024
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Here's Another Double Standard Exposed in the Biden Special Counsel Report
The Biden White House is a trainwreck handling this special counsel report on the president’s mishandling of classified information. They’re treating the official findings of a federal investigation as a partisan hack job because of the observations regarding Biden’s age and mental acuity. The dismissive attitude is also the default reaction Democrats have when it comes to stories that make
TownhallFeb 09 2024
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Nikki Haley Says Special Counsel Findings on Biden’s Memory Are ‘Disturbing’
‘I think the first thing is you look at the fact that we need to take the politics out of all of our agencies,’ she said. GOP presidential Nikki Haley blasted the special counsel report surrounding President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified information, sounding the alarm on the president’s mental acuity and decrying what she called a double standard. Special counsel Robert Hur
The Epoch TimesFeb 09 2024
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Biden holds news conference to say special counsel got it wrong
Some statements by President Joe Biden during a combative press conference Thursday night were contradicted by the very report from special counsel Robert Hur that Biden was addressing. Biden lashed out during a roughly 13-minute press conference held Thursday night about the coverage of special counsel Robert Hur’s report, which found President Joe Biden deliberately kept classified documents
WNDFeb 09 2024
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Democrats Fret Over Biden’s Age After Special Counsel Report
Alarm bells about President Joe Biden’s age are ringing anew in Democratic circles after a special counsel investigation into his mishandling of classified documents absolved the 81-year-old of criminal liability but described him as a doddering old man with a failing memory. “This is worse than an indictment,” a Democratic strategist fretted to The Dispatch. This strategist requested
The DispatchFeb 09 2024
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Fetterman unloads on Biden special counsel report: 'Smear and cheap shot'
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) bristled at the recent special counsel report questioning President Joe Biden‘s memory and mental faculties, telling reporters Friday that Robert Hur “clearly” had an “agenda” heading into the 2024 election. On Thursday, Hur published his long-awaited report regarding the investigation of Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. He declined to recommend charges
Washington ExaminerFeb 09 2024
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Read the passages of the special counsel’s report that reference President Biden’s memory
The report claims that Biden could not remember when he served as vice president or when his son Beau died and at points describes his memory as “fuzzy” and “hazy.” In an evening press conference from the White House, Biden pushed back against allegations in the report that he shared classified information and forcefully rejected special counsel Robert Hur’s descriptions of his recollection of
The Boston Globe