The Robert Hur Special Counsel Report

[Herman]

By now, all of you have received the pre-release report of Robert K. Hur, the Special Counsel who was appointed by the United States Attorney General to investigate how classified documents were found in the Delaware home of Jim Crow Joe.

"We conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter," Hur wrote.

But that will not be the focus of the media and the Trump campaign. Their focus will be these words in Hur's report:

"Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

And: That the President could not recall when his son Beau died, that he has "limited memory" about key events, and could not recall the years he was vice-president in the Obama administration.

[Thiel]

Charge Biden or drop charges against Trump.

[Herman]

Charge Biden or drop charges against Trump.

Why not both.

[Herman]

If, as the president's defenders claim, the details about Biden's memory were unfair and unethical, why not demand that the transcripts be released?

It's true that the interviews contain classified information. But those details can easily be redacted from the transcripts.

Appealing to classified information within the transcripts, then, is a deflection. Either the transcripts show that Biden could not recall basic details about his life or they don't. And if the transcripts confirm what Hur reported, then his report is not a "shabby work product," as Jim Crow Joe's personal attorney, Bob Bauer  claimed, but a truth-telling document that shows Hur refused to bow to political pressure.

In fact, Bauer does not dispute the truthfulness of Hur's report. Rather, he is upset that Hur included details about Biden's memory in the report. That's an important distinction.