Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that it would have been “absurd” for someone in his position to edit or redact a special counsel’s final report.
In response to a question about whether former special counsel Robert Hur’s characterization of President Joe Biden was inappropriate in his final report, Garland said it was his obligation to release a full and unedited report.
“The idea that an attorney general would edit or redact or censor the special counsel’s explanation for why the special counsel reached the decision that the special counsel did – that’s absurd,” Garland said during a news conference at the Justice Department to announce an antitrust lawsuit against Apple.
While the facts of Hur’s report and the overall process of his investigation into whether Biden mishandled classified information haven’t been challenged, Hur has been criticized by allies of the president over whether his final report went too far by publicly criticizing’s Biden memory or selectively including excerpts of a deposition with the president.
Hur did not recommend charges against the president but his report led to plenty of consternation among Democrats about Hur’s description of Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
Remember when trump fired the attorney general, replaced him with barr, who promptly scuttled the mueller investigation, hid the report and only released a version he “edited”? I do.
Cool.
So release the full Mueller Report Un-Redacted, Milquetoast.
“Milquetoast” is the word you’re looking for, and please keep using it. It’s awesome and deserves to survive!
Thanks for the correction, lol. Its not used often, but in his case it should be shouted into his face with a bullhorn every 5 minutes.
Can he do that?
I agree, though if a special counsel’s report is intentionally misleading I think it’s extremely fair to add additional information as an addendum to the report that highlights the misinformation.
I do agree that keeping the door open to editing special counsel reports is awful, it invalidates the entire purpose of appointing an independent investigator.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that it would have been “absurd” for someone in his position to edit or redact a special counsel’s final report.
In response to a question about whether former special counsel Robert Hur’s characterization of President Joe Biden was inappropriate in his final report, Garland said it was his obligation to release a full and unedited report.
“The idea that an attorney general would edit or redact or censor the special counsel’s explanation for why the special counsel reached the decision that the special counsel did – that’s absurd,” Garland said during a news conference at the Justice Department to announce an antitrust lawsuit against Apple.
While the facts of Hur’s report and the overall process of his investigation into whether Biden mishandled classified information haven’t been challenged, Hur has been criticized by allies of the president over whether his final report went too far by publicly criticizing’s Biden memory or selectively including excerpts of a deposition with the president.
Hur did not recommend charges against the president but his report led to plenty of consternation among Democrats about Hur’s description of Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
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