On Hur Report, Democrats Shoot at the Wrong Target

There is nothing inappropriate in the special counsel’s consideration of how Biden’s mental decline would play in a jury trial.

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Attorney Robert Hur speaks to the media after the arraignment of former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh, outside of the U.S. District Court, in Baltimore, Md., November 21, 2019.

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From our non compos mentis president on down, Democrats are getting their licks in against Biden Justice Department–appointed special counsel Robert Hur — even after he bent over backward not to indict, despite concluding that Biden willfully violated the law in retaining national-defense intelligence. (And recall that one of the applicable statutes, Section 793(f) — which the other Biden DOJ special counsel has charged against Trump — requires only that prosecutors only establish gross negligence, a mental-state element much easier to prove than willfulness.)

Democrats are firing at the wrong target.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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