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Although special counsel Robert Hur impugned Joe Biden’s memory in his investigation over whether the president mishandled classified documents, he actually told Biden that he appeared “to have a photographic understanding and recall.”
Special Counsel Robert Hur testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about his decision not to prosecute President Joe Biden for improperly retaining some classified documents between his vice presidency and presidency, as well as Hur’s description of Biden’s “significantly limited memory” in the February report announcing the decision not to prosecute.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.) asked former Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur point-blank: Is Joe Biden “senile”?
Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday slammed Special Counsel Robert Hur for assessing President Joe Biden's mental state during his investigation of Biden's retention of classified documents after he was vice president. "You cannot tell me you're so naive as to think your words would not have created a political firestorm," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told Hur as the special counsel testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Another Democrat on the committee, Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia, told Hur, "You're doing everything you can do to get President [Donald] Trump reelected so that you can get appointed as a federal judge or perhaps to another position in the Department of Justice." Hur replied that he had "no such aspirations." But the prosecutor declined to pledge not to accept a future appointment from Trump when asked by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. "I'm not here to testify today about what will happen in the future,"
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DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck said Tuesday that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his party’s razor-thin House majority and potentially throwing an obstacle in the way of Rep. Lauren Boebert’s effort to succeed him.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal prosecutor being summoned to Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of a politically explosive investigation.