Hur Testimony Contradicts Biden Statements

Testimony from special counsel Robert Hur indicated that President Joe Biden’s statements about his report were inaccurate, raising questions about the president’s memory and whether or not he told the truth. Hur’s statements were part of a political storm Tuesday as Hur indicated that the president may have retained the sensitive material as part of writing his political memoirs, which earned him $8 million.

Included in his testimony, Biden’s statement that he was asked by Hur about when his son Beau Biden died was inaccurate. Biden could not remember the year that his son died, and it was Biden himself who brought up the topic.

This was confirmed by the release of the transcript of the conversation.

Biden also asserted that he did not intend to keep classified documents, but Hur’s testimony indicated that some of the documents were from Biden’s time as a senator, before his tenure as vice president.

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During questions from House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Hur indicated that the records could have been kept as part of Biden’s memoirs, which he worked with a ghostwriter on during his time as vice president.

Jordan asked about whether or not there was another reason why Biden may have retained the classified material. The representative cited Biden’s time in the Senate and as the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as vice president.

“He knew the law,” Jordan said.

“Why did he have strong motivations? Because, next word, because he decided months before leaving office to write a book,” Jordan asked Hur.

“That was his motive. He knew the rules. He broke them because he was writing a book,” Jordan said.

Hur indicated that after news of the investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents began that his ghostwriter went to delete the recordings made with Biden that included sensitive material. Biden allegedly read from the classified documents with his ghostwriter. Jordan said that “money” and “ego” played a role in the president’s actions.

When he asked Hur about it, the special counsel said that the “language does appear in the report. And we did identify evidence supporting those assessments.”