House takes action against DOJ after Garland fails to hand over transcripts of Biden's interview with special counsel



House Republicans sent the Justice Department a subpoena on Tuesday for materials from special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into President Joe Biden's classified documents scandal.

On Feb. 12, three House committees — Judiciary, Oversight, and Ways and Means — sent Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter requesting the transcript of audio of Hur's interview with Biden, in addition to other specific materials related to Hur's investigation. The committees asked the DOJ to produce the records by Feb. 19 — a deadline the DOJ ignored.

On Feb. 16, the DOJ told the committees it was "working to gather and process" the requested materials. The agency cited confidentiality and classification issues for the delay but declined to say when the agency would produce the materials.

The subpoena now compels the DOJ to hand over the relevant materials by 9 a.m. on March 7.

Lawmakers require the documents for two important purposes. A new letter sent to Garland about the subpoena explained:

  • Biden impeachment inquiry: "The Committees are concerned that President Biden may have retained sensitive documents related to specific countries involving his family’s foreign business dealings."
  • Oversight of DOJ investigation of Donald Trump: "Additionally, the Judiciary Committee requires these materials for its ongoing oversight of the Department's commitment to impartial justice and its handling of the investigation and prosecution of President Biden’s presumptive opponent, President Donald J. Trump, in the November 2024 presidential election."

In a statement, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (D) said that Hur's report "made two things clear: there's a double standard of justice in this country and Joe Biden isn't fit for office."

"Now that special counsel Hur's investigation has concluded, the American people have a right to know whether President Biden retained classified documents related to his family's overseas business dealings," he explained. "While the special counsel may have declined to charge the president citing his memory problems, Congress and the American people do not consider 'elderly and well-meaning' a defense for corruption.'

Hur's investigation will become a major story again next month when the special counsel visits Capitol Hill on March 12 to testify about his investigation and its conclusions.

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After explosive Hur report, is mainstream media turning its back on Biden?



In a shocking twist, the mainstream media seems to be turning on Joe Biden following Robert Hur’s bombshell report on Biden’s handling of confidential documents.

While Vice President Harris and Biden’s allies have been in full damage control, the report described Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” who was not fit to stand trial — and it’s almost impossible to spin.

“This president has been deemed unfit to stand trial, but he’s fine as president,” Keith Malinak comments, disturbed.

“Serving as president, that’s not as important as standing trial,” Pat Gray jokes.

Even media personnel at ABC are having a hard time ignoring the report and the president’s reaction, saying he was “seething” and his “anger was palpable.”

But they weren’t the only ones.

CNN, NBC, and CBS all were shocked at Biden’s angry reaction toward reporters during the press conference that followed the release of Robert Hur’s report.

“This is not a new problem for the White House and for the Biden campaign. There have been long-standing, mounting questions about his age and mental sharpness, and so this only adds to those concerns, and that is why you are seeing so much damage control,” Weijia Jiang reported on CBS.

“This could do real political damage,” she added.


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Explosive Hur Report: Is MSM Turning Their Backs on Biden?

Explosive Hur Report: Is MSM Turning Their Backs on Biden?

Reporter hits unhinged Joe Scarborough with reality check about the special counsel report, Biden's memory problems



MSNBC host Joe Scarborough voiced his anger at special counsel Robert Hur on Friday but quickly learned why details about President Joe Biden's cognitive condition were necessary for his report.

On his show "Morning Joe," Scarborough repeatedly attacked Hur, sarcastically calling him a "neurologist" — presumably for Hur's conclusions about Biden's memory — and claimed Hur graduated from "Trump University." Scarborough raged that Hur made "politically charged" conclusions in a "garbage" report with "Trump-like ramblings."

MSNBC reporter Ken Dilanian promptly popped Scarborough's bubble.

According to Dilanian, who spoke with Justice Department officials, the details about Biden's memory are necessary because Hur has to justify why he is not prosecuting Biden despite uncovering evidence that Biden broke the law.

"If Rob Hur is saying, 'I have evidence that Joe Biden willfully retained classified information,' then, in fact, [Biden] didn't just find those documents in 2022 as we all thought. He actually found them in 2017, and he’s recorded saying that to his ghostwriter," Dilanian explained. "So why isn't [Hur] charging him? Well, he has to explain that. So the explanation is Joe Biden said he didn't remember.

"He was recorded saying, 'I found classified documents in my house in Virginia,' to the ghostwriter. He's recorded disclosing classified information to the ghostwriter, according to this report," he continued. "But he says he forgot that. So Rob Hur has to explain that, in fact, the larger context here is that Mr. Biden has forgotten a lot of things."

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Former U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg also explained why Hur was ethically obligated to include details about Biden's memory.

Rosenberg said:

So, number one: Under the special counsel regulations, Hur, the special counsel, has an obligation. He shall write a report. He must write a report. If you're writing a report to the attorney general of the United States and you are recommending that someone not be prosecuted, which I think is the right recommendation, then you would tell the attorney general why you think that person ought not be prosecuted.

I was a federal prosecutor for a long time. We assess our witnesses. We assess our cases. We talk about them. We talk about it. We talk about the factors that we think will and will not play in front of the jury. If Rob Hur's assessment was that Mr. Biden was sympathetic or that he had a faulty memory — that is absolutely something you would tell the attorney general in a confidential report.

"So, it doesn't make sense to me that if I'm telling the attorney general of the United States why someone ought not to be prosecuted, that I wouldn't also tell him exactly why I came to that conclusion," Rosenberg concluded.

Scarborough, however, was not convinced and repeated his attacks of Hur throughout the show.

Last week, Axios revealed that Scarborough maintains a personal relationship with President Biden.

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'Beyond devastating': Democrats are panicking over the special counsel's report exposing Biden's cognitive decline



Democrats are panicking about the political fallout from special counsel Robert Hur's report detailing his investigation into Biden's classified documents scandal.

The report explains that Hur ultimately chose not to prosecute Biden — despite the technical elements of criminality being met — because he did not think prosecutors could win the case. The chief reason for his doubt, Hur explained, is because he believes that "Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

That line is proving to be devastating to an 81-year-old commander in chief whose No. 1 political liability is his age.

Behind closed doors, Democrats are not ignorant to the political ramifications of Hur's report and its shocking revelations about Biden's memory, especially in a week where Biden claimed multiple times that he spoke with dead world leaders.

"This is beyond devastating," one Democratic operative told NBC News.

"It confirms every doubt and concern that voters have. If the only reason they didn't charge him is because he’s too old to be charged, then how can he be president of the United States?" that strategist added.

Another Democratic strategist told NBC News that Thursday was "the worst day of his presidency."

A House Democrat, who spoke anonymously, told NBC that "it's a nightmare" because Hur's report "weakens President Biden electorally."

"For Democrats, we're in a grim situation," that House Democrat admitted.

Democratic strategist Paul Begala, meanwhile, said publicly what other Democrats are saying behind closed doors.

"Look, I'm a Biden supporter, and I slept like a baby last night: I woke up every two hours crying and wet the bed," Begala said on CNN. "This is terrible for Democrats, and anybody with a functioning brain knows that."

Finally, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) rebuked Biden for how he conducted himself during Thursday's chaotic late-night press conference.

"I'm a senior Democratic politician. I've been doing this for a long time. That's not the way you want to do it. OK? I think we can all agree on that," Smith said. "He was angry. He was frustrated by what came out. There was not a prepared, clear agenda."

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