Hur’s side of the story: Biden prosecutor prepares for congressional grilling on damning report – Washington Examiner

Special counsel Robert Hur is set to testify in front of a House Republican panel on President Joe Biden’s mental acuity.

Though he recommended no charges against Biden over his mishandling of classified documents, Hur’s damning analysis of the president’s mental acuity sent shock waves through the political world, including a harsh rebuke from Biden’s team. House Republicans are now eagerly eyeing a chance to grill Hur on his analysis, a Republican aide told Axios.

Hur is in talks to appear before a panel sometime in March, according to the aide.

Democrats and the White House have slammed Hur’s report as a partisan attack by a Republican official. The picture Hur painted of Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” has been attacked as “gratuitous.”

Before Hur appears to answer questions about his report in person, the president’s team is preparing to counter the special counsel.

“As Hur mounts his campaign, there will be another story to tell — of Hur and his deputy being two aggressive political prosecutors from the Trump administration who decided to gun for Biden in an election year for their own political futures as Republicans,” a person close to Biden’s team told Axios.

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Several parts of Hur’s report have come under scrutiny from Biden’s team, particularly the claim that he didn’t remember when his son Beau Biden had died, within several years. Though Biden angrily objected to the claim, the White House hasn’t authorized the release of the transcript of the five-plus hours of interviews conducted with Biden by Hur on Oct. 8 and 9.

A testimony by Hur in front of Congress would put further pressure on the White House to authorize the release of the transcript, which would first be subject to a security review.

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