by TechnoFog
The transcripts of President Biden’s interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur have been released in anticipation of Hur’s testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee. The interviews cover two days: October 8, 2023 and the October 9, 2023.
And already, the media has seized upon a line of attack against Hur: that Biden wasn’t confused about the year of his son’s death, that Biden was lucid and clear and that Hur misrepresented Biden’s statements and his state of mind.
But that isn’t the truth.
The transcripts, in fact, show Biden struggling with basic facts. The year his son Beau died. The year he left office. The year Trump was elected. Here’s a short excerpt illustrating all these issues:
President Biden: And, so what was happening, though – what month did Beau die? Oh, God, May 30th –
Ms. Cotton: 2015.
Unidentified Male Speaker: 2015.
President Biden: Was it 2015 he had died?
Unidentified Male Speaker: It was May of 2015.
President Biden: It was 2015.
Mr. Bauer: Or I’m not sure the month, sir, but I think that was the year.
Mr. Krickbaum: That’s right, Mr. President. It –
President Biden: And what’s happened in the meantime is that as – and Trump gets elected in November of 2017?
Unidentified Male Speaker: 2016.
Unidentified Male Speaker: ’16.
President Biden: ’16, 2016, All right. So – why do I have 2017 here?
Mr. Siskel: That’s when you left office, January of 2017.
Biden’s confusion doesn’t get clearer than that. In a span of two pages of transcripts, Biden finds himself forgetting key dates and needing the assistance of his lawyers to make it through the interview.
But that’s not the only example. Here’s more excerpts:
Mr. Hur: Okay. Do you have any idea where this material would’ve been before it got moved into the garage?
President Biden: Well, if it was 2013 – when did I stop being Vice President?
Ms. Cotton: 2017.
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President Biden discussing boxes of materials: “in 2009, am I still Vice President?” (His lawyers had to whisper the answer to him.)
Or, the part where Biden forgot what a fax machine was (h/t Sean Davis):
Hur’s Report, which we analyzed when it was released, also provided details on Biden’s possession of classified documents at his homes and office. Hur’s main finding was that Biden willfully retained classified documents at his Delaware home. While Biden escaped criminal charges for a number of reasons (his age and dementia, for starters), Hur’s report was clear that Biden knew these documents were classified.
In particular, Biden had classified documents within his notebooks at his home. Biden was on tape telling his ghostwriter the notebooks “could be classified.” But what did Biden say about these notebooks in his interview with Hur? He lied:
Mr. Krickbaum: If I understood your last answer, Mr. President, part of what you’re saying is, for example, if there were marked classified documents stuffed in those notebooks, you were not aware of it?
President Biden: Correct.
That answer is also relevant to another question from Special Counsel Hur. Hur uncovered evidence that classified documents had been moved while inside the Biden home – something that would have taken place after Biden was Vice President. When asked whether he found anything with classified markings after he was Vice President, Biden provided this answer:
Xitter thread fm Jonathan Turley:
Hur would be a pretty weak prosecutor if he couldn’t prosecute Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden and make his case. Hell, I could get a conviction in a non-partisan court. The f**king guy STOLE documents that he should never have had, he KNEW he had them, he KNEW he had them insecurely stored, he KNEW he wasn’t supposed to have them. Yeah, when caught red-handed, he turned them all back over. Why? Well… he’s President* now, so he still has access to them all and can now declassify them and take them back home. Plus, with the corrupt DoJ and the Ministry of Propaganda on his side, he has nothing to fear from revealing everything.
Well, a jury in DC most certainly wouldn’t convict.
There is no way in hell this pudding brain is executing daily tasks of the office in which he was installed.
More evidence biden is a Potemkin potus.
I note that the dems on the committee this AM each and all forget that, AT THE TIME when joe took these secret documents, he was NOT a senile old man.
Democrats give campaign speeches, proving that the reason for the indictments and numerous, duplicate, repetitive charges are nothing but political scoreboarding. Republicans are asking questions about the actual report.
So, in light of Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden’s theft of and gross mishandling of classified documents and the politically-motivated accusations against Trump regarding the documents he declassified and took, what changes are being implemented to the way Presidents leave office and retain documents? While they never raised a peep before, clearly Democrats have severe problems with this, as demonstrated by their frantic conniptions over Trump’s documents. So, what will be done to keep Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden from taking documents he shouldn’t have, since he has already demonstrated a predilection to take thing he shouldn’t?
The most despicable member of congress shows us why we hold the pencil neck in contempt.
“In other words, you could have lied and written a report that, like Democrats, the DoJ, the FBI, the IRS and the media, supported Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden’s campaign. Why didn’t you?”
Gosh, the DoJ shouldn’t be doing anything to influence a campaign, should it?
Among some pretty prolific liars, Schiff is one of the most prolific.