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“Why Robert Hur Called Biden an ‘Elderly Man with a Poor Memory'”
by Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker
March 22, 2024
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I think the timing of Hur’s report is unfortunate. And I wonder why it is so important to write what seems to be in some sections an opinion piece that put the President, who cooperated at every stage of the investigation and did not attempt to hide anything, in a bad light when there were no charges. My understanding is that this isn’t normal Justice Department policy but it seems to be acceptable for Republicans (Comey) the year before an election. I wouldn’t go so far as to call Hur’s report a hit piece (I haven’t read the whole thing) but this was a well written puff piece by an accomplished, intelligent writer which put Hur in an entirely favorable light. And the last sentence in the piece seems to expose her own bias.