Biden's legal team went to Justice Dept. over what they viewed as unnecessary digs at his memory

President Joe Biden’s personal attorney said Sunday he went to both the special counsel and the attorney general to register concerns over what he viewed to be pejorative and unnecessary digs at the president’s memory.

“This is a report that went off the rails,” Bob Bauer said on CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday. “It’s a shabby work product.”

The special counsel was investigating whether the president mishandled classified documents during his previous positions as vice president and senator, and found this week that no criminal charges were warranted.

But in building his argument for why no charges were necessary, Special Counsel Robert Hur, who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, detailed in part that Biden’s defense of any potential charges could possibly be that: “Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

verdantbanana,
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Trump and Biden both moaned and whined about their own mental wellness reports

if both people are such questionable candidates then why are they on the ballot?

are there no other candidates that could run for the Democrats or Republicans?

US voting is starting to look more staged than ever

FlyingSquid,
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US voting is starting to look more staged than ever

That’s exactly what Republicans, especially Trump, want everyone to think.

vlad76,
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And when Trump wins this the left will claim it was rigged. I don’t want him to win either, but I’m certain he will.

FlyingSquid,
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I don’t remember Hillary declaring the election was rigged. Can you point out when she did that?

vlad76,
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FlyingSquid,
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“We still don’t know what really happened.” vs “the election was rigged and I am the rightful president!”

Seems slightly different.

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