Special counsel Robert Hur has completed report on Biden's handling of classified documents, Garland says
CBSFeb 20
The Facts
The White House on Monday announced that Pres. Joe Biden was interviewed by Justice Dept. (DOJ) special counsel Robert Hur, who is investigating Biden's potential mishandling of classified documents.
Biden was interviewed voluntarily at the White House over Sunday and Monday about the documents, which were found at his Delaware home and a private office and dated to his days as a senator and vice president.
The Spin
Republican narrative
Any hope that Biden’s DOJ — even with a special counsel leading the investigation — was going to charge Biden with the same crimes Smith is charging Trump with was clearly misguided. It appears that Hur’s team is already leaning toward chalking Biden’s document retention to carelessness — a term used when the DOJ decided not to charge Hilary Clinton for her misdeeds. Clearly, there’s a double standard at play here.
Democratic narrative
There are vast differences between the two special counsel cases. Biden has cooperated from the start, first revealing the discovery of the documents and now agreeing to speak with Hur. Trump, in contrast, refused to turn over the documents and continues to claim he had the right to retain them or that he had the power to declassify them. This isn’t unequal justice; it’s the way the system works.
