Kradek posted...
Yeah I know, Republicans are livid over it. Both sides were pissed at him in that hearing, and rightfully so.
There's 100% no reason to defend Hurr at all or in any capacity. The transcript of the deposition shows he referred to Biden as having a "photographic memory", his report calls him an old man riddled with memory issue.
It was a political hit job that hid the fact there was no evidence to charge him on page 200 and spent the time until then insulting Biden for Republican fodder.
Fuck that guy.
He told Biden he has a "photographic understanding and recall of the house", so that was a specific example. I think it's reasonable to acknowledge that Biden can remember certain things well but be critical of other examples he can't remember, like if he was VP in 2009.
And I would assume the conclusion of Hur's findings would come late into the report. It's not like the report is a news article for public consumption and putting important info at the end is going to bury the lead. The yes or no question of charging Biden is presumably going to be big news, so its location doesn't really matter: it's GOING to be reported on and the media is how the public will consume that.
I have no skin in this and am definitely not a Republican (in fact, why would you say Republicans are right to be mad at him? Fuck em) so I'm willing to have my mind changed, but it hasn't happened yet.