Here are some points from the
White House response to Hur's report. Hur's double standard and bias towards Biden really stands out in the letter.
"We are pleased to see thaL after more than a year of investigating. you have determined that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter. Though we wholeheartedly agree with your conclusion. we are taking this opportunity, pursuant to our agreement. to address specific issues that we have identified in the report. We do so in the interest-which we believe that the Office of Special Counsel shares-of a final report that is both accurate and consistent with Department of Justice policy and practice.
We do not believe that the report's treatment of President Biden's memory is accurate or appropriate.
The report uses highly prejudicial language to describe a commonplace occurrence among witnesses: a lack of recall of years-old events. Such comments have no place in a Department of Justice report, particularly one that in the first paragraph announces that no criminal charges are "warranted'' and that "the evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilt."
...fact there is ample evidence from your interview· that the President did well in answering your questions about years-old events over the course o ffive hours.
This is especially true under the circumstances, which you do not mention in your report, that his interview began the day after the October 7 attacks on Israel. In the lead up to the interview, the President was conducting calls with heads of state, Cabinet members, members of Congress, and meeting repeatedly with his national security team.
At the outset of the interview, you recognized that the questions you planned to ask ··relate to events that happened years ago.'' but nonetheless expressed your hope that the President would '·put forth [his] best efforts and really try to get [his] best recollection in response to the questions we ask.''
It is hardly fair to concede that the President would be asked about events years in the past. press him to give his ''best" recollections. and then fault him for his limited memory.
...The same predictable memory loss occurred with other witnesses in this investigation. Yet
unlike your treatment of President Biden, your report accepts other witnesses' memory loss as completely understandable given the passage of time.
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The letter starts at page 384 of the document.