Watch: Robert Hur testifies on labeled Biden paperwork investigation

Watch as Robert Hur, the justice division particular counsel investigating Joe Biden’s possession of labeled paperwork, testifies to the Home Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, 12 March.

The previous Trump administration appointee was appointed by Legal professional Basic Merrick Garland introduced as a particular counsel to analyze how labeled paperwork ended up on the 81-year-old US president’s former Washington, DC workplace and his Wilmington, Delaware house.

Within the report launched by Mr Garland final month, Mr Hur reccomended Mr Biden not be charged for mishandling the paperwork.

Mr Hur cited Mr Biden’s age and reminiscence as his reasoning for not indicting him, as he believed jurors would view him as a “well-meaning aged man with a poor reminiscence”.

The particular counsel painted Mr Biden as unable to recollect particular dates, equivalent to when his late son, Beau Biden, handed away from mind most cancers.

It comes as transcripts of Mr Biden’s two-day interview with Division of Justice investigators revealed that he had a way more correct reminiscence of previous occasions than described within the report launched by Mr Hur.

The transcripts of interviews carried out in October 2023 take up 268 pages and present a extra detailed image of Mr Biden’s capabilities than how was written in Mr Hur’s report.

Concerning his son, Mr Biden remembered the precise date of Beau’s demise and different individuals within the room talked about the yr.