Special prosecutor Robert Hur defended his comments on the sometimes failing memory of the president to justify his decision to give up prosecuting him. The hearings before two committees of the House of Representatives, dominated by Republicans, mainly focused on the comparison between the case of the Democratic president and that of his Republican predecessor Donald Trump.
“I did not sanitize my explanation, nor unfairly denigrate the president,” insisted Robert Hur. Some elected Republican officials, on the contrary, deplored a “double standard” between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, insisting they should have been treated equally.