HUR ON THE HILL? Special Counsel Preparing to Appear Before House GOP; Report

According to an exclusive Axios scoop, Special Counsel Robert Hur is preparing to testify before members of the House GOP regarding his recent report on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents; Hur referred to Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”

From Axios:

Zoom in: Hur already is thinking about his testimony and has reached out to former Justice Department colleagues to potentially help him prepare, a person familiar with the matter told Axios.

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Zoom out: During the past week, Biden’s team — including his personal lawyer Bob Bauer — has called Hur’s report “gratuitous,” “shoddy,” “politically motivated,” “inappropriate,” and “inconsistent with [Justice Department] policy and norms.”

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Hur’s testimony could help clarify a part of the report that particularly angered Biden — Hur’s writing that the president “did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died.”

Members of the Biden White House, including press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, have faced daily questions on Biden’s mental fitness since the report dropped last week.

Biden’s democratic challenger Dean Phillips says the report all but handed Donald Trump the election.

More over at Axios:

SCOOP: Robert Hur is making plans to publicly testify before the House Judiciary Committee next month about his report on Biden's handling of classified documents, which raised concerns about his memory. https://t.co/CVLJURENFA

— Axios (@axios) February 15, 2024