{"id":1030058,"date":"2024-03-12T22:11:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T22:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030058"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:56:17","slug":"republicans-just-spent-four-hours-giving-live-tv-coverage-to-trumps-many-indictments-and-reiterating-biden-was-cleared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-just-spent-four-hours-giving-live-tv-coverage-to-trumps-many-indictments-and-reiterating-biden-was-cleared\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Just Spent Four Hours Giving Live TV Coverage to Trump\u2019s Many Indictments and Reiterating Biden Was Cleared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Robert Hur gave Americans a four-hour televised reminder \u2013 courtesy of congressional Republicans \u2013 that President Biden did the right thing by self-reporting the discovery of classified documents and immediately returning them to the government \u2013 while Donald Trump is facing 40 felony counts related to his classified documents case alone, including on obstruction of justice and mishandling of classified materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In case you missed it: Here are the facts on why President Biden was cleared while Donald Trump was indicted for multiple felonies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1767572575847170229\">Rep. Lofgren<\/a>: \u201cThe president allowed your team to seize and review all of the notebooks you found \u2026 <strong>That&#8217;s in stark contrast to ex-President Trump&#8217;s case. He obstructed and diverted all the investigations.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1767565987916779966\">Rep. Nadler<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump is <strong>charged with willfully retaining classified documents and conspiring to conceal those documents<\/strong>, and he\u2019s facing additional charges for lying to investigators. \u2026 President Biden is not facing a single charge \u2026 because after reviewing 7 million documents and interviewing nearly 150 witnesses, including the president himself, you could not prove that he had committed a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1767563517945696641\">Rep. Raskin<\/a>: \u201cUnlike President Biden \u2026 <strong>after being given multiple chances to return classified documents and avoid prosecution, Trump allegedly did the opposite<\/strong>. According to the indictment, he not only refused to return the documents for months, but he also obstructed justice by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1767609548641079598\">Rep. Escobar<\/a>: \u201cDid President Biden ever bring tens of thousands of people into spaces where he stored classified material?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cNot to my knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Escobar: \u201cDid President Biden ever direct his staff to move documents so that you or the FBI could not find them?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cWe did not identify evidence of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Escobar: \u201c<strong>That&#8217;s in stark contrast to Donald Trump. President Biden did not obstruct your investigation, he was fully compliant <\/strong>\u2026 you were able to fully and totally exonerate him of any criminal wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1767587344993894402\">Rep. Lieu<\/a>: \u201cDid you find that President Biden had directed his lawyer to lie to the FBI?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cWe identified no such evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Lieu: \u201cDid you find that President Biden directed his lawyer to destroy classified documents?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Lieu: \u201cDid you find that President Biden directed his personal assistant to move boxes of documents to hide them from the FBI?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Lieu: \u201cDid you find that President Bdien directed his personal assistant to delete security camera footage after the FBI asked for that footage?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Lieu: \u201cDid you find that President Biden showed a classified map related to an ongoing military operation to a campaign aide who did not have clearance?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Lieu: \u201cDid you find that President Biden engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct justice?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Lieu: \u201cDid you find that President Biden engaged in a scheme to conceal?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Lieu: \u201c<strong>Each of the activities I just laid out describe what Donald Trump did in his willful mishandling of classified information in his criminal efforts to deceive the FBI<\/strong>. In contrast, President Biden handed over documents without delay and complied fully with investigators.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1767597114408702191\">Rep. Dean<\/a>: \u201cYou have a copy of your report today, don\u2019t you, in front of you? Will you read a portion of it for me \u2026 would you read the next few sentences?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cUnlike the evidence involving Mr. Biden, the <strong>allegations set forth in the indictment of Mr. Trump, if proven, would present serious aggravating facts<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Dean: \u201cKeep going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cMost notably, after being given multiple chances to return classified<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>documents and avoid prosecution, Mr. <strong>Trump allegedly did the opposite<\/strong>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Dean: \u201cKeep going.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hur: \u201cAccording to the indictment, he <strong>not only refused to return the documents for many months, but he also obstructed justice<\/strong> by enlisting others to destroy evidence and then to lie about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Robert Hur gave Americans a four-hour televised reminder \u2013 courtesy of congressional Republicans \u2013 that President Biden did the right thing by self-reporting the discovery of classified documents and immediately returning them to the government \u2013 while Donald Trump is facing 40 felony counts related to his classified documents case alone, including on obstruction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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