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Feb 08 2024
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Special Counsel Seeks No Criminal Charges in Biden’s Classified Records Case
The special counsel investigating President Biden said in a report released on Thursday that he had decided “no criminal charges are warranted” against Mr. Biden over his handling of classified material after leaving the vice presidency in early 2017, but had found evidence that Mr. Biden had willfully retained and disclosed some sensitive material.
Robert K. Hur, the special counsel,
New York Times (News)Feb 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)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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Ex-Prosector Rips Special Counsel's 'Entirely Inappropriate' Attack On Biden
“It is also exactly what you’re not supposed to do, which is putting your thumb on the scale that could have political repercussions,” said Weissmann, who noted that the Justice Department’s lingo is “put up or shut up.” “You either decide to go forward, that there is proof here, or you don’t say anything at all with respect to your opinions about the case,” he said. Weissmann said former FBI
HuffPostFeb 15 2024
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Special counsel Robert Hur to testify before House panel next month
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Hur, who recently declined to prosecute President Joe Biden over his handling of classified documents after leaving office as vice president, will deliver public testimony next month before a Republican-led House panel, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. Hur's testimony will take place March 12 before the House Judiciary Committee,
NBC News (Online)Dec 07 2023
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Hunter Biden indicted on tax crimes by special counsel
Washington — Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, has been charged with nine federal tax crimes, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Central District of California.
The indictment charges him with failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment and filing a false or fraudulent tax return.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
CBS News (Online)Oct 26 2023
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Special Counsel Accuses Trump of ‘Threatening’ Meadows
The Department of Justice is urging the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., election interference case to reimpose a gag order on the former president, accusing him of trying to intimidate witnesses in the interim. Trump “capitalized” on the temporary suspension of his gag order to go after, among others, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, prosecutors in Jack Smith’s
Daily BeastAug 12 2023
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Biden case gets special counsel
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday elevated the federal prosecutor investigating President Joe Biden's son Hunter to the status of special counsel after negotiations to revive a plea agreement on tax and gun charges foundered -- a signal that the yearslong inquiry has entered a new and unpredictable stage. Garland, who made the announcement at the Justice Department's
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteAug 12 2023
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Spectator: Investigate Biden Special Counsel
Special counsel David Weiss, who is leading the Hunter Biden probe, should be investigated himself for "slow walking" the five-year federal investigation into President Joe Biden's son, Spectator contributing writer Charles Lipson said in a column published Friday. "Weiss' own office needs investigating. It has slow-walked the criminal investigation for years, allowed the statute of
Newsmax (News)Feb 10 2024
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Biden's brutal week: president battered by gaffes, damaging special counsel report
President Biden faced a grueling week with a damaging special counsel report questioning his mental sharpness as he simultaneously made several blunders that added to the problem. Biden has faced questions from critics over his cognitive abilities for some time, but recent days have amplified those concerns perhaps more than any other week in his presidency. Special Counsel Robert Hur's report
Fox News (Online News)