President Biden kept classified documents for an $8m book deal, Congress heard on Tuesday.
Republican congressman Jim Jordan accused Mr Biden of keeping material from his time as vice-president in order to write a book, for which he reportedly signed an $8 million deal.
“He’s been in office for like 50 years…You know he knew the rules,” Mr Jordan said.
Proposing why the president retained classified materials, he added: “He knew the rules but he broke them for eight million dollars in a book advance…pride and money is why he knowingly violated the rules.”
Mr Hur responded: “We did identify evidence supporting those assessments.”
Mr Hur authored an official report that described Mr Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” but did not recommend he be charged over classified documents. He left his post in the Department of Justice on Monday.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-kept-classified-documents-8m-171618027.html
REP. GAETZ: "What does somebody have to do to get charged with obstruction of justice by you? If deleting the evidence of crimes doesn’t count, what would meet the standard?!" pic.twitter.com/XFwuuDwc6G
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 12, 2024
JIM JORDAN: "What did the ghostwriter do to the audio recording of his conversations with Biden after a special counsel was named?"
HUR: "He slid those files into his recycle bin on his computer."
JIM JORDAN: "Tried to destroy the evidence didn't he?"
HUR: "Correct." pic.twitter.com/pOv4kj0zvQ
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 12, 2024
BREAKING: Special Counsel Robert Hur confirmed Biden broke the law, says, “We identified evidence that President Biden willfully retained classified materials after the end of his Vice Presidency, when he was a private citizen.” WATCH pic.twitter.com/x0czjUuIsv
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) March 12, 2024
"Do you have any reason to believe that President Biden lied to you?"
SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR: Yes pic.twitter.com/IfauV8Mvz3
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 12, 2024
Hur just confirmed that Biden had documents marked classified from when he was a senator. Some of those documents reportedly came from a secure SCIF, which would likely require Biden himself to remove them.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) March 12, 2024
FBI Director Wray was just asked if he knew of an audio recording existing of Joe Biden telling his ghostwriter that he had “just found all the classified stuff downstairs.”
Wray repeatedly dodged the question.
"It sounds like you might be aware of it then," @RepStefanik… pic.twitter.com/6Dh3Ya2oL4
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) March 12, 2024