Special counsel report: Biden willfully retained classified information but will not face charges

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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A scathing special counsel report released laid out in detail how President Biden's mishandled classified materials. The report includes photographs of documents, showing them kept under his TV in his Delaware home and classified documents about Afghanistan barely stored. However, the special counsel concluded the evidence does not establish Mr. Biden's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, therefore prosecution would be unwarranted. Also, Colorado’s 2024 presidential ballot will likely include Trump after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The breaking news, the Special Counsel with harsh words, but no criminal charges for
0:08.0	President Biden.
0:09.4	The lead starts right now.
0:11.6	A rather scathing report now out from special counsel Robert Hur noting the
0:15.7	President Biden also held on to classified documents but unlike in
0:19.4	Donald Trump's case, Biden will not face any charges as the Special Council cites in part
0:24.5	Biden's age and faulty memory making him sympathetic and difficult to prosecute him.
0:30.7	We're going to dive into this breaking news report. Plus,
0:33.4	Donald Trump's rather good day at the US Supreme Court, his legal team arguing
0:37.4	why the former president should be kept on the ballot in Colorado and beyond. A plaintiff and an attorney who brought on this case will join us live,
0:45.5	and a jarring ruling for a former Trump advisor Peter Navarro,
0:51.1	ordered to report to prison.
0:53.0	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
1:00.0	Off the bat today.
1:01.6	Two big stories in our law and justice lead
1:03.7	we'll get to the US Supreme Court in that major case involving Donald
1:06.7	Trump which could impact his eligibility in the 2024 presidential race but first
1:11.3	we need to get to the breaking news. A report just
1:13.8	it released from special counsel Robert Herr into President Biden's handling of
1:18.1	classified documents from when he was vice president, documents that were far
1:22.2	from securely stored at his home.
1:24.9	The report includes photos like this one showing where this classified material was kept
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