President Biden walks throughout the South Lawn on the White House on Thursday.

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President Biden walks throughout the South Lawn on the White House on Thursday.

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President Biden mentioned assertions that he willfully retained labeled supplies after leaving the Obama administration and changing into a non-public citizen, is “not only misleading, but also plain wrong.”

He additionally pushed again in opposition to a Justice Department particular counsel’s declare that he could not bear in mind when his son Beau died, saying, “I thought to myself it was none of their damn business.”

The remarks come simply hours after a Justice Department special counsel report report mentioned Biden willfully held onto labeled supplies after leaving the Obama administration and changing into a non-public citizen. No prison fees have been beneficial within the report.

The almost 350-page report from particular counsel Robert Hur, who was appointed to analyze the matter in January 2023.

“We conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter,” the report says. “We would reach the same conclusion even if Department of Justice policy did not foreclose criminal charges against a sitting president.”

In his report, Hur described Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” and mentioned it could have been “difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him … of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness” in his retention of labeled Afghanistan paperwork. The report described Biden having hassle remembering timelines and particulars.

Biden denied there was something mistaken along with his reminiscence, telling reporters: “My memory is fine.”

Hur’s resolution to not pursue fees in opposition to the president brings an finish to an investigation that started after Biden’s lawyers found classified documents in November 2022 within the workplaces of the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C.

Biden’s private attorneys turned over these supplies, which have been mentioned so far to his time as vice chairman, to the National Archives and Records Administration. Federal brokers then discovered a small variety of further labeled paperwork in a search of Biden’s house in Wilmington, Del. Agents additionally searched Biden’s trip house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., however didn’t flip up any delicate supplies.

This is a growing story and will likely be up to date