Biden retained classified information but will not face charges, special counsel report says

The year-long investigation centered on the improper retention of documents regarding the US war in Afghanistan and other matters

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The justice department special counsel investigating Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents has released a report concluding Biden took classified information about the US war in Afghanistan and other national security matters, but he will not face criminal charges.

The documents included a handwritten memo to then president Barack Obama in 2009 opposing a planned troop surge in Afghanistan and handwritten notes related to intelligence briefings and national security meetings, the report by special counsel Robert Hur found.

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