{"id":4007,"date":"2024-02-09T15:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/biden-official-claims-special-counsel-report-was-comey-moment\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:57:32","slug":"biden-official-claims-special-counsel-report-was-comey-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/biden-official-claims-special-counsel-report-was-comey-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden official claims special counsel report was &#8216;Comey moment&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unidentified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden official<\/a> compared Special Counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s decision not to recommend criminal charges against the president to a similar decision made during investigations into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/no-charges-biden-classified-records-special-counsel-robert-hur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hur did not recommend charges<\/a> against President Biden after a monthslong investigation into the president&#8217;s alleged improper retention of classified records \u2014 despite finding &#8220;evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt like a Comey moment for me,&#8221; the Biden official reportedly told Politico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-did-not-remember-when-he-was-vice-president-when-his-son-beau-died-during-special-counsel-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN &#8216;DID NOT REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT,&#8217; WHEN HIS SON BEAU DIED, DURING SPECIAL COUNSEL INTERVIEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The official was comparing the Biden report to a similar document filed in 2016 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/james-comey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then-FBI Director James Comey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comey, investigating whether then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton improperly handled classified document, did not recommend charges despite &#8220;evidence of potential violations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both investigators cited the unlikelihood of successfully bringing charges against the individuals and the logistical nightmare of making the charges as reason not to act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/no-charges-biden-classified-records-special-counsel-robert-hur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NO CHARGES FOR BIDEN AFTER SPECIAL COUNSEL PROBE INTO IMPROPER HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Biden official speculated to Politico that Hur pushed his &#8220;thumb on the scale during an election season&#8221; with his decision.<\/p>\n<p>Biden lashed out Thursday night at reporters following an address where he remained defiant following the release of Hur&#8217;s damning report, which fueled more questions about his mental acuity.<\/p>\n<p>Biden got into a combative exchange with CNN correspondent MJ Lee, who pressed him on his previous comments <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/FJrRZ\/https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-watch-moment-haunt-him-2024-recent-fall-republican-strategists-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urging Americans to &#8220;watch me&#8221;<\/a> when he was asked about his age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many [of the] American people have been watching, and they have expressed concerns about your age,&#8221; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is your judgment!&#8221; Biden shouted at her. &#8220;That is your judgment! That is not the judgment of the press.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unidentified Biden official compared Special Counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s decision not to recommend criminal charges against the president to a similar decision made during investigations into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Hur did not recommend charges against President Biden after a monthslong investigation into the president&#8217;s alleged improper retention of classified records \u2014 despite &#8230; <a title=\"Biden official claims special counsel report was &#8216;Comey moment&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/biden-official-claims-special-counsel-report-was-comey-moment\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Biden official claims special counsel report was &#8216;Comey moment&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}