President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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“I’ve seen the headlines since the report was released about my willful retention of documents. These assertions are not only misleading, they’re just plain wrong.”
President Joe Biden is calling out the special counsel who investigated how he handled classified documents. In a primetime address Thursday, he lashed out at special counsel Robert Hur following the nearly 400 page report being released.
Hur wrote that he felt Biden’s memory was significantly limited, also raising questions about whether he remembered the timing of his son’s death. Biden said that when he was asked the question, he did not think it was anyone’s business on the matter.
This image, contained in the report from special counsel Robert Hur, shows the envelope labeled “Eyes Only” with a handwritten note reading “VPOTUS,” that contained classified documents that were found in Box 3 of documents housed at the Penn Biden Center in Washington. (Justice Department via AP)This image, contained in the report from special counsel Robert Hur, shows the first- floor home office of President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 20, 2023, during a search by FBI agents. In this main office agents found notebooks, including one Biden used to chronicle the Fall 2009 Afghanistan policy review. (Justice Department via AP)This image, contained in the report from special counsel Robert Hur, shows a file cabinet under a television in the first- floor home office of President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 20, 2023, during a search by FBI agents. In the file cabinets, agents found and seized notebooks, including one Biden used to chronicle the Fall 2009 Afghanistan policy review. (Justice Department via AP)
The president also pushed back at questions regarding how his age might not make him the top choice to defeat former President Donald Trump.
Thursday’s report concluded that Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified military and national security documents, but he will face no charges. The investigation focused on documents related to Biden’s time as vice president.
White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center and was presented the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 hours of community service under the Obama Administration.
