White House Correspondents' Association slams admin letter on Hur coverage as 'misdirected,' 'inappropriate'

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) ripped White House Counsel’s Office spokesman Ian Sams' letter Thursday for complaining member organizations were "misreporting" the Hur report.

The White House has recently tried to discredit claims in Special Counsel Robert Hur's report that have renewed questions about President Biden's mental acuity. Sams praised the report clearing Biden of any wrongdoing related to his handling of classified documents, but offered sharp criticism of Hur's description of the president as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

Sams delivered outright criticism of the WHCA on Tuesday, in a letter addressed to association President Kelly O’Donnell and members of the association, claiming outlets have "reported striking inaccuracies" that gave a misleading portrayal of Hur's conclusions. He charged that reporters themselves in the White House briefing room have asked questions including "false content or are based on false premises."

"When significant errors occur in coverage, such as essentially misstating the findings and conclusions of a federal investigation of the sitting President, it is critical that they be addressed," he wrote.

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In the letter, which he shared on X, he also listed examples of headlines and stories he argued "wrongly asserted that the report found that the President willfully retained and disclosed classified material."

O’Donnell responded with a letter of her own, calling Sams' letter "misdirected" and wrote, "It is inappropriate for