Special prosecutor Robert Hur has concluded that the president of the United States, Joe Biden“intentionally” withheld and disclosed classified documents, but has ruled out pressing charges against him. “Our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden intentionally withheld and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” reads the report, adding however that “criminal charges are not warranted in this issue”.

Prosecuting Biden, Hur notes, would be “unjustified based on our consideration of aggravating and mitigating factors” and the evidence “they do not establish guilt” of the president “beyond a reasonable doubt”. The conclusions of the Prosecutor’s Office, however, highlight the poor memory of the Democratic president, who is seeking re-election at 81 years old. Thus, the prosecutor points out that Biden showed himself in the interrogations as “an old man with good intentions and a bad memory”.

The prosecutor explains in this regard that Biden showed a “significantly limited memory” and? He did not remember the dates on which he held the vice presidency nor the date of death of his son Beau, who died of cancer in 2015. “It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him of a serious crime that requires a voluntary state of mind,” he maintains.

On the other hand, he defends that there are “clear” differences between the case of Biden and his predecessor, donald trump, accused of taking confidential documents from the White House, which were later found in his Florida mansion. “After receiving multiple opportunities to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, Trump allegedly did the opposite,” he defends, adding that Biden instead turned over the material to the National Archives and the Department of Justice.

Hur also highlights that the current president consented to the search for the documents in “multiple places”including their addresses, and that also carried out a voluntary interview, according to the ‘CNN’ chain.

Biden statement

For his part, Biden has issued a statement in which he highlighted that the investigation has been “exhaustive” and dates back to the 1970s, when he was a senator. “I’m glad to see you reached the conclusion I thought you would.: that no charges will be filed in this case and that the matter is closed,” he said.

Likewise, he has stressed that he has collaborated with the work of prosecutor Hur. “I did not put obstacles and I did not seek delays. In fact he was so determined to give the special counsel what he needed that I went ahead with five hours of in-person interviews over two days,” he noted.

Later, former President Trump has defended that there is a biased justice system and “selective prosecution.” “He should not be allowed to get away with this and was not protected by the presidential records law,” he said. Likewise, the Republican magnate has accused Biden of following the “usual and corrupt Democratic manual.” “He ‘intentionally withheld’ documents. It is a fraudulent justice“he argued.

Differences with the Trump case

Biden has been the subject of investigation since they were found at his Delaware home and in a private office a year ago. classified documents from the time he was vice president with Barack Obama. The documents were found by their lawyers in November and December 2022 and immediately delivered to the National Archives, the organization that must safeguard them, after which the Department of Justice opened an investigation.

According to the report, among the material found there was classified information on US foreign policy on Afghanistanas well as notebooks with handwritten notes on national security and Intelligence from his time as vice president.

Trump, who was also investigated for withholding official documents in his Florida mansion, was instead charged with dozens of charges, since for months he refused to deliver them. According to the information that has been made public, both investigations are very different: the number of documents in the Biden investigation is around 20, while Trump allegedly illegally withheld 300 documents, which had to be recovered by a fbi raid.