The Real Scandal Exposed by Robert Hur Is the Selective Prosecution of Trump for Mishandling Documents

The press is framing the special counsel’s findings as an exoneration of the president to head off the perception that there is a stark, selective prosecution when it comes to the hoarding of classified documents.

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Robert Hur during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill. AP/Jacquelyn Martin

One of the big takeaways from the newly released transcript of President Biden’s two-day interview with Robert Hur is that the special counsel was being exceedingly generous when describing the president as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

Much of the conversation with Mr. Hur is littered with barely incoherent answers and spiraling word salads. Though, the reader is occasionally entertained by Mr. Biden’s blowhard-y non-sequiturs. We learn about Mr. Biden’s Corvette — twice. We learn that the president is a frustrated architect but an excellent archer. Mr. Biden even jokes that there might be risque pictures of First Lady Jill Biden.

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