Special Counsel Robert Hur is expected to testify before congress tomorrow, the first time he will have spoken publicly since the release of his report. In anticipation of that moment, the Washington Post published a lengthy story about tensions between the White House and the Justice Department. The gist of the article is simple. The White House is angry about the Hur report’s discussion of Joe Biden’s poor memory and also about the ongoing investigation of Hunter Biden. Naturally all of these complaints come from unnamed White House sources. It doesn’t matter, because they are offering the same tired talking points you’ve heard many times before.
What I found far more interesting was the list of ways in which the White House had tried and failed to change the report before it was made public. When the White House first got the finished reported they asked Hur to remove references…
