Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Robert K. Hur as special counsel to investigate the handling of classified documents found at a former office and the Delaware home of President Biden, an extraordinary development that comes two months after Garland named a different special counsel to oversee the criminal probe of former president Donald Trump’s handling of classified information.
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The latest: Lawmakers spent hours drilling former special counsel Robert K. Hur about his decision not to seek charges against President Biden for mishandling classified materials. Hur defended the entirety of his report, repeatedly arguing that the details about memory were necessary to explain his decision. Read the full interview between Hur and Biden.
The report: According to a long-awaited special counsel report, prosecutors will not charge President Biden in the classified documents investigation. Here are the key findings from the report, which painted a scathing picture of Biden’s memory. A Post review of the complete 258-page Hur transcript of this interview with Biden paints a more nuanced portrait of their exchanges.
When and how classified documents were found: A comprehensive look at when, where and how the two batches of classified documents were found in unauthorized locations in Biden’s former private office and his Wilmington, Del., home. Here’s an explanation of what classified documents are and the penalties for mishandling them.
How Trump, Biden cases compare: The Justice Department has a criminal probe involving former president Donald Trump’s personal properties. There are key differences between the discovery of classified documents at Biden’s home and former office and Donald Trump’s retention of hundreds of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. Here’s our fact check.
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