Three House committees investigating President Biden have ordered the Justice Department to investigate Robert Roberts after the release of a report criticizing Biden’s cognitive abilities in reviewing his handling of classified documents.・We are requesting the submission of records and records of the interview with Special Prosecutor Har.
The request, sent in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, echoes Republican leaders who have been critical of the Justice Department’s compilation of the report, saying that Biden is likely to be more likely than his 2024 presidential rival, Trump, to He has complained that he was given better treatment than the president.
“The Judiciary Committee will continue to monitor the Department’s commitment to impartial justice and its handling of the investigation and prosecution of President Biden’s anticipated opponent in the November 2024 presidential election, Donald J. Trump. , are requesting these documents,” the chairman wrote. Of the three committees.
The request from House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) It ignores important differences. Case.
President Trump has repeatedly denied law enforcement requests for the return of confidential records stored at his Florida mansion, a process that escalated into subpoenas that Trump did not comply with and resulted in The house was searched and more than 300 confidentially marked records were seized. .
Biden’s team alerted authorities to the discovery of sensitive records in his former office and home and cooperated with the investigation. Although Ho criticized Biden, he ultimately concluded there was not enough evidence to support charges that Biden intentionally kept the records.
But the report also includes numerous comments about Biden’s ability to recall details during interviews, details that Republican leaders want to focus on.
“Heo said President Biden’s presentation was that of a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” who “doesn’t remember when he was vice president” or “when his son Beau died.” However, it was difficult to prove President Biden’s testimony. The report states that the department’s principles of prosecution do not apply to prosecutions because the department has not prosecuted “former presidents and vice presidents who mishandled classified documents of their own administration” regarding the president’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. “I concluded that it was unfavorable.”
“As Mr. Heo pointed out, the only “exception” to the department’s prosecution principles is “former President Trump.” This speaks volumes about the Department’s commitment to impartial justice. ”
The Justice Department did not respond to requests for comment.
But Democrats predicted as recently as last week that Republicans would try to review Mr. Hur’s performance.
“MAGA Republicans will no doubt continue to push for investigations into law enforcement agencies — that’s their favorite move — but the Hur report effectively ends the debate. President Biden is special. “He cooperated fully with prosecutors and did not redact any part of the special counsel’s report,” House Judiciary Leader Jerry Nadler of New York wrote last week after the report was released.
He also said Ho’s report revealed that Trump could have avoided charges altogether “if he had cooperated with the Justice Department instead of repeatedly lying to investigators.” He added that it shows.
The records could be key fodder for Republicans who want to portray Biden as too old to remain in office.
“One of the most disturbing parts of this report is the special counsel’s justification for not recommending charges, namely that the president’s memory has very ‘significant limitations.’ “The president was unable to convince a jury that he was in a ‘willful state of mind’ to commit the crime,” said House of Representatives Mike Johnson. Speaker (R-LA), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Majority Leader Tom Emmer (R-MN), and Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY) said: Ta. Last week’s letter.
“A person so incapable of being held accountable for mishandling classified information is certainly not suitable for the Oval Office,” they added.
Mr. Xu has come under fire from both the White House and former Democratic appointees at the Justice Department, who have made excessive comments about Mr. Biden’s memory while explaining weaknesses in the case that forced him to reject recommendations for prosecution. He claims that what he did was inappropriate.
“Special Counsel Huh’s report on the Biden secret documents issue contains too many unwarranted statements and completely contradicts long-standing claims.” [Justice Department] It’s a tradition,” former Attorney General Eric Holder, who served under President Obama, said on social media shortly after the report was released.
“It’s completely gratuitous. After all, the first half of the report says there are all sorts of innocent explanations for Mr. Biden’s actions,” said Neil Katyal, who served as acting attorney general in the Obama administration. he said during an appearance on MSNBC.
“It feels like a half-wit move by the special counsel to try to smear the sitting president, and I don’t like it at all, and I think there’s a very strained relationship with the president.” Judiciary on the special counsel. Ministry guidelines. ”
Updated at 5:43 p.m. ET
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