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Former Special Counsel Robert Hur says his report on the classified documents scandal did not exonerate President Joe Biden.
“So this lengthy, expensive and independent investigation resulted in a complete exoneration of President Joe Biden,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said to Hur. “For every document you discussed in your report, you found insufficient evidence that the president violated any laws about possession or retention of classified materials. The primary law that you analyze for potential prosecution was part of the Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. 793, which criminalizes willful retention or disclosure of national defense information. Is that correct?
“Congresswoman, that is one statute that we analyzed. I need to go back and make sure that I take note of the word that you used. Exoneration. That is not a word that used in the report and that is not part of my task as a prosecutor. The judgement that I received and that I ultimately reached was relating to whether sufficient evidence existed such that the likely outcome would be a conviction,” Hur responded.
“You exonerated him,” Jayapal said.
“I did not exonerate him,” Hur shot back. “That word does not appear in the report, Congresswoman.”
In addition, the transcript of the interview Biden gave Hur in this investigation reveals that the President brought up the death of his son, not the other way around as the President alleged.