Special Counsel Declines Charges Against Biden Over Classified Documents, Citing Mitigating Factors
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Special counsel Robert Hur concluded Biden "willfully retained and disclosed classified materials" but declined to press charges due to precedent, cooperation, and Biden's age and memory issues.
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Biden's attorney Bob Bauer criticized the report as "shabby work," taking issue with Hur's portrayal of Biden's memory and the questioning during Biden's interview.
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The classified materials were related to military, foreign policy, and national security issues and were kept by Biden in part to assist with memoir writing.
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Biden bristled at Hur's allegation that he didn't remember when his son Beau died, calling it "none of their damned business."
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Bauer evaded questions about whether Biden took action against former aides involved or would release interview transcripts, while rejecting comparisons between criticisms of Hur and Trump's "rigged" system claims.