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Joe Biden declined to reply a number of questions from particular counsel Robert Hur in written questioning.
Biden declined to reply whether or not he knew the black pocket book he hid contained categorized data and whether or not he was licensed to maintain categorized materials after his vice presidency.
If Trump refused to reply the particular counsel's questions, he could be charged with obstruction.
BREAKING: President Biden refused to reply a number of questions from particular counsel Rob Hur in written questioning, together with whether or not he knew the black pocket book he hid contained categorized data and whether or not he informed his vp After the publish had been licensed to own categorized data.
– Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) 22 February 2024
Particular counsel Robert Hur launched a 345-page report on his investigation into the stolen categorized paperwork earlier this month.
Biden's stolen categorized paperwork had been scattered all over the place in broken cardboard packing containers and open drawers. The paperwork had been available in Biden's Delaware storage and basement den.
Robert Hur discovered that Joe Biden “knowingly withheld” categorized data, nevertheless, he selected to not cost him. Hur stated there was proof that Biden stored the categorized notebooks, “figuring out that he didn’t have permission to take action.”
Biden saved black notebooks (photograph under) containing categorized materials in “open and unauthorized containers in his dwelling.”
In line with the particular counsel's report reviewed by this reporter, of the 37 excerpts discovered within the black pocket book, eight are prime secret with delicate data, seven of which comprise data associated to human intelligence sources.
Six are Prime Secret, 21 are Secret and a couple of are Confidential.
Biden additionally positioned marked categorized paperwork contained in the pocket book.
Joe Biden informed the particular counsel that he took the black notebooks after he grew to become vp “as a result of they're mine” and claimed that “each president earlier than me has accomplished the very same factor.”
When Biden stole categorized paperwork and improperly saved them, he was not president.
He additionally refused to reply many questions within the written inquiry.
“He refused to reply a number of questions on whether or not he believed his notes contained categorized data; whether or not he believed he was licensed to own categorized data after turning into Vice President; “Did he take steps to keep away from writing categorized data in his pocket book,” the particular counsel wrote.
The Justice Division defended not bringing prices towards Biden as a result of he’s a “compassionate, well-intentioned, aged man with a failing reminiscence.”
Biden forgot when he was Vice President and doesn't even keep in mind when his son Beau died.
Robert Hur will testify publicly on March 12 about his investigation into Joe Biden's stolen categorized paperwork after damaging leaks reveal Biden lied about his interview with Hur.