House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) shakes hands with former Special Counsel Robert Hur after he testified before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
By Cathy He
Former Special Counsel Robert Hur assembles his materials during a break in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on March 12, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies alongside a video of former President Donald Trump to the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on March 12, 2024. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Former Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies in front of a video of U.S. President Joe Biden during a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on March 12, 2024. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Rep. Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, speaks during the testimony of Special Counsel Robert Hur before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on his probe into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified materials after serving as vice president, on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
By Emel Akan and Jackson Richman
Former Special Counsel Robert K. Hur testifies alongside a video of President Joe Biden before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on March 12, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Special Counsel Robert Hur, who oversaw investigating President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, is speaking before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The Epoch Times reviewed redacted copies of the transcript of his 5-hour interview with the president over two days on Oct. 8 and 9.
The Epoch Times team confirmed some of the findings of the special counsel’s report, issued on Feb. 8. The transcript, which is more than 250 pages long, showed that the president indeed had problems remembering key dates.
When asked about a notebook dated “4-20-09,” President Biden said, “Was I still vice president? I was, wasn’t I?”
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) (L) talks to Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as former Special Counsel Robert K. Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on March 12, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Former special counsel Robert K. Hur is sworn in to testify to the House Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2024 in Washington. Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Special Counsel Robert Hur is sworn in before testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on his probe into US President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified materials after serving as vice president, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2024. Mandel Ngan /AFP via Getty Images
Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies alongside a video of former President Donald Trump to the House Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2024 in Washington. Win McNamee/Getty Images
By Jackson Richman and Samantha Flom
Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on his probe into President Joe Biden's alleged mishandling of classified materials after serving as vice president, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Robert Hur will defend his decisions surrounding his probe of whether President Joe Biden mishandled classified information before the House Judiciary Committee on March 12—including his comments on the president’s memory.
The special counsel took flak from all sides over his Feb. 8 report detailing the findings of his investigation. While Republicans criticized his decision not to prosecute, the White House decried his depiction of President Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory.”
During the hearing, Mr. Hur is expected to defend both of those moves.