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Joe Biden refused to reply a number of questions from Particular Counsel Robert Hur in written interrogatories.
Biden refused to reply whether or not he knew the black notebooks he stashed contained labeled data and whether or not he was licensed to maintain labeled materials after his vice presidency.
If Trump refused to reply a particular counsel’s questions, he can be charged with obstruction.
BREAKING: President Biden refused to reply a number of questions from Particular Counsel Rob Hur in written interrogatories, together with whether or not he knew the black notebooks he stashed contained labeled data & whether or not he was licensed to maintain labeled data after his vice presidency
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 22, 2024
Particular Counsel Robert Hur earlier this month launched a 345-page report on his investigation of the stolen labeled paperwork.
Biden’s stolen labeled paperwork have been scattered all over in broken cardboard bins and unlocked drawers. The paperwork have been simply accessible in Biden’s Delaware storage and basement den.
Robert Hur discovered that Joe Biden “willfully retained” labeled data, nonetheless, he determined to not cost him. Hur stated there’s proof Biden retained labeled notebooks, “understanding he was not allowed to take action.”
Biden saved black notebooks (pictures beneath) that contained labeled materials in “unlocked and unauthorized containers in his residence.”
In accordance with the particular counsel’s report reviewed by this reporter, of the 37 excerpts discovered within the black notebooks, Eight are High Secret with Delicate Compartmented Data, seven of which embrace data regarding human intelligence sources.
Six are High Secret, 21 are Secret, and a pair of are Confidential.
Biden additionally positioned marked labeled paperwork inside the notebooks.
Joe Biden informed the particular counsel that he took the black notebooks after his vice presidency “as a result of they’re mine” and claimed “each President earlier than me has accomplished the very same factor.”
BIDEN WAS NOT PRESIDENT WHEN HE STOLE THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND IMPROPERLY STORED THEM.
He additionally refused to reply a number of questions in written interrogatories.
“He declined to reply a number of questions on whether or not he believed his notes contained labeled data; whether or not he believed he was licensed to own labeled data after his vice presidency; whether or not he took steps to keep away from writing labeled data in his notebooks,” the particular counsel wrote.
The Justice Division defended not bringing expenses in opposition to Biden as a result of he’s a “sympathetic, well-meaning, aged man with a poor reminiscence.”
Biden forgot when he was Vice President and likewise couldn’t keep in mind when his son Beau died.
Robert Hur will testify publicly on March 12 about his investigation into Joe Biden’s stolen labeled paperwork as damaging leaks reveal Biden lied about his interview with Hur.
