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A Partisan Hit Job

February 9, 2024 at 9:19 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Dan Pfeiffer: “Robert Hur is described in press reports as a ‘well-respected U.S. attorney,’ and maybe he once was, but this report is a partisan hit job. He swerves out of his lane to drive a negative narrative about Biden, the same message the Republican Party uses against Biden. In the report, Hur generously describes memory lapses from others but hammers Biden for the same.”

“It’s hard to read the report and not think that, without the ability to charge Biden with a crime, Hur wanted to damage him politically.”

Politico: Joe Scarborough trashes special counsel’s report.

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