Prosecutor Hur announced that US President Joe Biden deliberately hid classified documents found in his home and office last year. Hur announced that Biden will not be charged with secret documents.
DOCUMENTS DELIBERATELY WITHHELD
In the US, Special Authorized Prosecutor Robert Hur made public the investigation report on the secret documents found in Biden’s house.
Hur said that Biden willingly kept the classified documents, but that they would not file charges against the US President because of his cooperation with the prosecution team from the beginning of the investigation and his inability to remember many details about the before and after of the documents.
Special Authorized Prosecutor Hur stated that they reached this conclusion even though a criminal prosecution against Biden is not possible because he is still in office.
“In a trial, Mr. Biden will probably present himself to the jury as a sympathetic, well-meaning old man with a poor memory, just as he did in his interview with us,” Hur said in his report, after referring to Biden’s willing possession of classified documents but his “good behavior” during the investigation.
Although there were no accusations against Biden, the statements in the report, which are expected to fuel the debate on whether his memory is fit to be president, also attracted the attention of the American media.
The report also included some details that Biden could not remember the exact date of the death of his young son Beau Biden.
The report also pointed out that the secret documents found in Biden’s house were mostly documents related to the Afghanistan war and that Biden had a special interest in this issue since he voted against it at the time.
Biden had severely criticized the large number of classified documents found in the home of former US President Donald Trump and argued that Trump had violated national security.
The court case against Trump is still ongoing.
