Special Counsel Robert Hur is expected to testify on Capitol Hill about the findings of a months-long investigation into President Biden’s mishandling of classified records.
Mr. Xu is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Ha, who? published his report He told the nation in February that he did not recommend criminal charges against Biden for mishandling and storing classified documents and said he would not file charges against Biden even if he was not in the Oval Office.
These records include classified documents regarding the military and foreign policy of Afghanistan and other countries, including records related to national security and foreign policy, which are classified as “classified”. sources and methods,” Hoare said.
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Although Mr. Hsu did not recommend any charges against the president, he described him as a “sympathetic, well-meaning old man with a poor memory,” a description that raises serious concerns for Mr. Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign. There is.
Mr. Biden has slammed Mr. Xu since the release of the report, saying that Mr.
Mr. Biden also hit back at Mr. Ha, who suggested he did not remember when his son, Beau, died.
“How can he bring it up?” Biden said at the time. “Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought, ‘What’s the point?’
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“Let me tell you something…I swear, every day since the day he died…I wear the rosary that he received from Our Lady –” Biden paused, forgetting where the rosary came from. It seemed like it was gone.
“Even after several years, I did not remember when my son Beau died,” Xu wrote in the report.
But two sources familiar with the investigation said in interviews that it was Mr. Biden, not the special counsel, who brought up Mr. Baugh’s death.
Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) requested the extradition from the Justice Department. transcript and a recording of Biden’s interview.
The three committee chairs are leading the impeachment inquiry against Biden. They subpoenaed the materials last month.
of Ministry of Justice A spokesperson for the House Justice Department said it had not turned over transcripts or audio recordings of the interview between Mr. Xu and the president, despite a subpoena requiring them to do so by March 7.
“While we received a small production from the Department of Justice, we did not receive the transcripts or audio that we needed and requested,” a House Department of Justice spokesperson told Fox News on Friday. “Our staff has all necessary permissions to review the content of the presidential interview, which deals with material found in unsafe locations such as garages, closets, and commercial office spaces. We are currently considering steps.”
A Justice Department spokesperson said: “The Department is in contact with the committees and plans to respond to the subpoenas today.”
In a response obtained and viewed by Fox News, the Justice Department added:
“We urge the Commission to join us in avoiding conflict, even where there is in fact cooperation.”
“Given this record, less than three weeks after Mr. We are disappointed that the Committee chose to serve the subpoena after only seven business days.”Given the standard interagency review process that the Department explained to the Committee, this shortened time frame is not reasonable. do not have. ”
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“Given the amount of information the Committee has already received and the Department’s active efforts to prepare to respond to Congressional requests on this issue, your subpoena is premature and unnecessary.”
Comer told Fox News Digital after the report was released that he was “free to access these documents to determine whether President Biden’s retention of classified materials was used to help the Biden family expand their influence.” We want to be able to access it.”
Jordan, Comer and Smith are concerned that “Mr. Biden may have held classified documents related to certain countries involved in his family’s overseas business dealings.”