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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Special counsel dismisses classified docs case against Biden, calling him ‘well-meaning, elderly man with poor memory’

US President Joe Biden meets with UAW members during a campaign stop at a phone bank in the UAW Region 1 Union Hall, in Warren, Michigan, February 1, 2024. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Joe Biden “willfully retained” classified documents after serving as vice president but no charges are merited, the Justice Department announces.
“We conclude that no criminal charges are warranted in this matter,” says special counsel Robert Hur, with Biden coming across as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”