by Bradley Jaye at Breitbart News
Special Counsel Robert Hur unequivocally corrected Democrats’ claims that his report exonerated President Joe Biden for his mishandling of classified materials.
In February, Hur submitted his report to Attorney General Merrick Garland stating that he would not charge Biden for his handling of classified documents but included stunning revelations of the deterioration of Biden’s mental state that factored into that decision.
Hur, who resigned from the Justice Department a week prior, testified Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee about his report.
When questioning Hur, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) claimed his “lengthy, expensive, and indecent investigation resulted in a complete exoneration of President Joe Biden,” saying Hur found “insufficient evidence the president violated any laws about possession or retention of classified materials.”
Hur attempted to correct her, although Jayapal would not allow him to do so.
“I need to go back and make sure that I take note of the word that you used, exoneration. That is not a word we used in the report and that is not part of my task as a prosecutor,” Hur said over continual interruption from Jayapal, which included “you exonerated him.”
“I did not exonerate him,” Hur stated definitively. “That word does not appear in the report,” at which point Jayapal immediately reclaimed her time, ending the exchange.
Hur provided more clarity under questioning from Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR).
“Your report is not an exoneration so much as a…
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