White House pushes back on depiction of ghostwriter in special counsel report
A day after Robert Hur’s special counsel report declined to charge President Joe Biden with any crime — but pointed to evidence that he “willfully” kept classified materials — the White House is strongly disputing a discrepancy about an unlikely witness: the ghostwriter.
WASHINGTON — A day after Robert Hur’s special counsel report declined to charge President Joe Biden with any crime — but pointed to evidence that he “willfully” kept classified materials — the White House is strongly disputing a discrepancy about an unlikely witness: the ghostwriter.
Mark Zwonitzer worked with Biden on two memoirs, “Promises to Keep,” which was published in 2007 and “Promise Me, Dad,” which came out in 2017. Hur alleges Biden shared classified information with the author while working on that second book that could “damage national security.”
Perhaps even more damaging than the allegations about the president’s memory outlined in the report, the accusation about sharing classified information might pose an even greater challenge for Biden, who called former President Trump “totally irresponsible” for his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
During a press briefing on Friday, White House officials said parts of the report “don’t live in reality.”
“These are the president’s own personal writings,” said Ian Sams, a spokesman for the White White Counsel’s Office, referring to the information discussed with the ghostwriter. “Historically, going back to the beginning of the country, presidents keep diaries.”
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