President Joe Biden addressed the nation in an impromptu White House speech Thursday evening, just hours after the report of Special Counsel Robert Hur was released.
His initial comments tracked the statements he made earlier in the day.
As you know, the special counsel released its findings today…I was pleased to see he reached a firm conclusion that no charges should be brought about me in this case. This was an exhaustive investigation, going back more than 40 years…
Biden then read portions of the report contrasting his case with Donald Trump’s, then made startling assertions that the report doesn’t say what it says.
I’ve seen headlines…about my willful retention of classified documents…. They’re just plain wrong.
There is, in fact, a shortage of evidence that I willfully retained documents related to Afghanistan.
Oh,…
