Posted on 02/17/2024 12:06:28 AM PST by John Semmens
Special investigator Robert Hur's determination that President Biden should not be charged for the crime of mishandling classified documents because "he is an elderly man with a poor memory" has rankled the nation's chief executive. "How could he say that?" Biden wondered. "It seems gratuitous to me. I have a great memory. I can remember stuff that no one else remembers. Why didn't Garland redact that statement from Hur's report?"
At the Department of Justice (DOJ), Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley Weinsheimer--a top career official, not a political appointee--defended the Hur report, saying that "the identified language is neither gratuitous nor unduly prejudicial because it is not offered to criticize or demean the President. It is offered to explain Special Counsel Hur's decision not to prosecute."
White House counsel Edward Siskel objected that "Weinsheimer overlooked the 'Comey precedent' established in 2016 when he said 'no reasonable prosecutor would charge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified documents.' By disregarding this precedent Hur's report openly, obviously, and blatantly violated DOJ policy and practice."
Weinsheimer pointed out that "there is no 'Comey precedent.' Former FBI Director James Comey was not authorized to announce a decline to prosecute decision. It was a rogue 'contribution-in-kind' to the Clinton for president campaign for which Comey himself could have been prosecuted if then Attorney General Loretta Lynch had chosen to do so."
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) rallied to Biden's defense, saying "Hur is a hack. There's nothing in the Constitution that says a person with a poor memory can't serve as President of the United States. In fact, as we just saw, a poor memory saved Biden from a possible prison sentence. Trump won't be able to get off as easily."
Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu went on NBC's "Meet the Press" to assure everyone that "questions about the President's mental fitness will not cause him to quit the race. Look, the president's accomplishments have really been second to none. He got us out of Afghanistan. He won the battle against COVID. He's forgiven the debt of millions of college students. He mandated electric vehicles. He's done more to help transgenders change their sex than any other president. I mean, the list goes on and on. Who knows how many more triumphs are in store when voters reelect him to a second term?"
In related news, Biden has rejected suggestions that he take a cognitive test in order to reassure Americans that their president is mentally up to the job. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said "the President doesn't have to. Every day he shows he's fully capable to do the job voters elected him to do by dealing with world leaders and making difficult decisions on behalf of the American people. When we have meetings with him and his staff, he is constantly trying to get more information. 'Tell me again' is a phrase he repeats often because he's determined to get things right. That has been my experience with this president."
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