White House lawyers criticized Robert Hur's report days before its release
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s legal team is frustrated over the findings and tone of special counsel Robert Hur's report, several letters leaked Thursday between Biden’s attorneys and top Justice Department officials show.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s legal team is frustrated over the findings and tone of special counsel Robert Hur's report, several letters leaked Thursday between Biden’s attorneys and top Justice Department officials show.
A key exchange of letters viewed by NBC News occurred the day before the Justice Department released Hur’s report, in which Hur explained his decision not to prosecute Biden over his handling of classified documents after he left office as vice president even while he said Biden’s practices “present serious risks to national security.”
The letters were first reported by The Washington Post and Politico.
The White House and a spokesperson for Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer declined to comment.
In a three-page letter on Feb. 7, Bauer and White House counsel Edward Siskel objected to a final draft of Hur's report that they said “openly, obviously, and blatantly" violated Justice Department policy and practice and consensus about limitations to special counsel reports.
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