House Republican special counsel requested transcripts of all interviews conducted with President Biden, any other records related to these interviews and interview with Mark Zwonitzer, audio and video recordings of these interviews if available, complete list of individuals who were present during each interview
President Biden under investigation by House Republican special counsel Robert Hur
Report found President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after vice presidency when he was a private citizen
President Biden has been under investigation by the House Republican special counsel, Robert Hur. The report released last week found that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen. However, the report did not charge Mr. Biden with a crime but said he should be held accountable for his actions.
The House Republican special counsel has requested transcripts of all interviews conducted by Hur with President Biden as well as any other records related to these interviews and the interview with Mark Zwonitzer. The committee is also requesting audio and video recordings of these interviews, if available. Additionally, they are seeking a complete list of individuals who were present during each interview.
The House Republican special counsel has not yet responded to requests for comment on this matter.
President Biden's personal attorney Bob Bauer says Hur report was 'shoddy work product'
Special counsel Robert Hur did not charge Mr. Biden with a crime but said he willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.
The committees are requesting transcripts, audio and video recordings, any other records related to Hur's Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 interviews with Mr. Biden as well as all materials related to the interview with Mark Zwonitzer.
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House GOP seeks transcripts, recordings of Biden interviews with special counsel
President Joe Biden was only 41 when that SNL skit aired. Thirty-eight years later, Special Counsel Robert Hur's report exonerating Biden in a classified-documents case took palpable digs at the octogenarian's acuity.
One can doubt the wisdom of Biden or Donald Trump but those doubts probably applied four years or even 40 years ago. Neither of the old men running on a major ticket shows any sign of senescence of this sort.
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Hur's report was a 'shoddy work product'. However, this is not supported by any evidence presented in the report itself. Secondly, there are multiple instances of inflammatory rhetoric used throughout the article such as when it states that Mr. Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.
President Biden's personal attorney Bob Bauer says Hur report was 'shoddy work product'
Mr. Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.
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The article contains examples of ideological bias. The author uses language that dehumanizes President Biden by implying he is enriched through his family's foreign business dealings and has accepted bribes.
>President Biden was enriched by his family’s foreign business dealings in China and Ukraine
The committees have been trying to show for months that Mr. Biden was enriched by his family’s foreign business dealings in China and Ukraine
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House Republicans have reached out to special counsel Robert Hur to discuss having him testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee about his report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
<br>The Justice Department declined to comment.
In the wake of the report, House Oversight Chairman James Comer has separately said the Justice Department should provide his committee with all of the classified materials that could relate to the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
<br>House Oversight Republicans have also called on the Justice Department to release a full transcript of President Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur, which is quoted in his report.
The two special counsels appointed during the Trump presidency, Robert Mueller and John Durham, both testified to Congress once they submitted their reports to the Justice Department.
<br>After expressing some reluctance, Mueller agreed to testify before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees in July 2019 about his investigation.
Last June, Durham testified behind closed doors to the House Intelligence Committee.
Hur's special counsel report found that Biden willfully retained classified information, including top secret documents, and knew he was in possession of some documents as far back as 2017.
<br>He also shared some of that information with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir.
The special counsel decided not to charge President Joe Biden in the case primarily because he found that nothing proved a willful intent by Biden to illegally hold onto classified information and the president cooperated with the investigation.
<br>Biden's lawyers objected to Hur's description of him as an elderly man with poor memory, calling it investigative excess.
The report is sure to become an issue in the 2024 campaign where Biden’s likely opponent, Donald Trump, is facing criminal charges for his handling of classified material.
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House Oversight Chairman James Comer has separately said the Justice Department should provide his committee with all of the classified materials that could relate to the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
President Joe Biden was only 41 when that SNL skit aired. Thirty-eight years later, Special Counsel Robert Hur's report exonerating Biden in a classified-documents case took palpable digs at the octogenarian's acuity.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the title of the article suggests that Robert Hur will be testifying before Congress about his report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. However, this is not entirely accurate as Hur has only been reached out to for discussions and there are no plans set yet for a testimony date.
Hur's special counsel report found that Biden willfully retained classified information, including top secret documents, and knew he was in possession of some documents as far back as 2017. He also shared some of that information with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. The article implies that this is evidence against President Biden when it is not entirely clear if there are any legal implications for these actions.
The title of the article suggests that Robert Hur will be testifying before Congress about his report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. However, this is not entirely accurate as Hur has only been reached out to for discussions and there are no plans set yet for a testimony date.
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Hur's report did not charge Biden with a crime and painting him as forgetful commander in chief without providing any evidence or context for these claims. Secondly, there is inflammatory rhetoric used when describing Hur's special counsel report as politically damaging even though it found no wrongdoing by the president. Thirdly, there are dichotomous depictions of Biden and Trump being compared in terms of their handling of classified material without providing any evidence to support this comparison.
The author uses an appeal to authority when stating that Hur's report did not charge Biden with a crime
Inflammatory rhetoric is used when describing Hur's special counsel report as politically damaging even though it found no wrongdoing by the president
There are dichotomous depictions of Biden and Trump being compared in terms of their handling of classified material
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The article is biased towards the Republican party and their actions. The author uses language that dehumanizes President Biden by calling him a 'forgetful commander in chief' who failed to protect classified information. This portrayal of Biden as forgetful and careless is not supported by any evidence presented in the report, which found no criminal charges against him. Additionally, the article mentions House Oversight Chairman James Comer's call for the Justice Department to provide his committee with all classified materials related to the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into President Biden. This implies that there is some sort of wrongdoing on Biden's part, which is not supported by any evidence presented in the report. The article also mentions previous special counsel testimony before Congress and how it was politically damaging for those involved, implying that Hur's testimony will be similarly damaging to President Biden.
The article implies there is some sort of wrongdoing on Biden's part
The article mentions previous special counsel testimony before Congress and how it was politically damaging for those involved
The author uses language that dehumanizes President Biden
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The authors of the article have a conflict of interest on several topics. They are reporting on testimony given by Robert Hur to the House Judiciary Committee and classified documents related to President Joe Biden's administration. The authors also mention James Comer and Bill Burck in relation to this testimony.
The article states that 'the Justice Department has also requested classified documents related to Biden's administration from the House Judiciary Committee, which is conducting an investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.'
The authors report that 'House Republicans have been discussing with special counsel Robert Hur for testimony on his role in former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.'
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The author has a conflict of interest on the topic of Robert Hur as they are reporting on discussions between him and House GOP members. The article does not disclose any other conflicts.
President Joe Biden was only 41 when that SNL skit aired. Thirty-eight years later, Special Counsel Robert Hur's report exonerating Biden in a classified-documents case took palpable digs at the octogenarian's acuity.
One can doubt the wisdom of Biden or Donald Trump but those doubts probably applied four years or even 40 years ago. Neither of the old men running on a major ticket shows any sign of senescence of this sort.
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The article contains an informal fallacy known as 'appeals to authority' when it states that Special Counsel Robert Hur's report exonerating Biden in a classified-documents case took palpable digs at the octogenarian’s acuity. The author also uses an example of Reagan making many weird and alarming comments suggestive of mental decline, but none that were officially interpreted as dotty-old-man-talk by the Department of Justice.
Special Counsel Robert Hur's report exonerating Biden in a classified-documents case took palpable digs at the octogenarian’s acuity.
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The article contains examples of religious bias and ideological bias. The author uses the phrase 'the apocalypse' to describe a situation that is not necessarily dire or imminent, which could be seen as an exaggeration for political gain.
< President Joe Biden was only 41 when that SNL skit aired. Thirty-eight years later, Special Counsel Robert Hur<u2019s report exonerating Biden in a classified-documents case took palpable digs at the octogenarian’s acuity.
> President Joe Biden was only 41 when that SNL skit aired. Thirty-eight years later, Special Counsel Robert Hur<u2019s report exonerating Biden in a classified-documents case took palpable digs at the octogenarian’s acuity.
The big age-related risk is not the slow slippage of mental faculties but terminal deterioration
The risk of catastrophic cognitive failure rises with every year of old age, and often precedes death by a year or two
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Graeme Wood has a conflict of interest on the topic of senility as he is an author and journalist who writes about politics. He also has a personal relationship with President Joe Biden as they were both involved in the Iraq War.
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Graeme Wood has a conflict of interest on the topic of senility as he is an author and journalist who writes about politics. He also has a personal relationship with President Joe Biden, which could affect his objectivity in reporting on him.
