Special counsel’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents released

The White House Counsel and President Joe Biden’s personal lawyer criticized some of the claims made in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, including comments about the president’s memory.

White House Counsel Richard Sauber and Mr. Biden’s personal lawyer, Bob Bauer, wrote a five-page letter to Mr. Xu on Monday calling the raising of questions about Mr. Biden’s memory “completely unnecessary.”

In a subsequent statement, Mr. Bauer accused Mr. Hur of “overinvestigating” the case and saying it violated Department of Justice regulations and norms.

Bauer said in a statement Thursday that the special counsel “could not refrain from excessive investigation, which may be understandable given the intense pressures of the current political environment.”

“Whatever influence these pressures have on the final report, it ignores the department’s regulations and norms,” ​​Bauer said. “There is little in this work that clearly and concisely articulates an understanding of the simple conclusion that no illegal activity occurred and there is no basis for accusations.” It delves into arguments about “evidence” of retention, but in fact only acknowledges that there are no cases of “deliberate” retention at all.”

A spokesperson for the special counsel’s office declined to comment on the alleged “inaccurate and inappropriate comments in the special counsel’s report.”

Sauber said in a statement that the report acknowledges that “mistakes in packaging documents at the end of a government or when a member leaves office are unfortunately common.”

“I disagree with many of the inaccurate and inappropriate comments in the special counsel’s report,” he said. “Nevertheless, the most important decision made by the special counsel – that the charges are not warranted – is firmly based on the facts and evidence.”