Classified documents by dog bed, memory troubles and ghostwriter deleting files: Takeaways from Biden report
A report on the Justice Department’s investigation into Joe Biden’s unauthorised retention of classified materials was made public on Thursday – and it was as troubling for the president and his public image as it was vindicating for those who argued he had committed no crimes.
The report was authored by Robert Hur, a former US attorney appointed by Donald Trump and later elevated to the rank of special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Delivered to Congress this week after many months of investigation and preparation, it recommended no criminal charges for the incumbent president, even were he not protected by immunity from prosecution due to his current stature.
It did, however, contain much that will concern many Americans and was overall far from complimentary of the incumbent president.
The investigators painted a picture of a senile president with severe memory issues whose innocence was less clear
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