Biden's lawyer reveals what really happened in special counsel interview
Special counsel Robert Hur's report on President Joe Biden declined to press any charges, but controversially veered into a number of personal attacks on the president, at one point even suggesting he was unable to recall crucial life information and that he was unchargeable because would put on the act of an enfeebled old man for any jury.
That's not at all accurate to how the interview really went, said Biden's personal lawyer Bob Bauer in an interview with MSNBC's Jen Psaki, herself a veteran of the Biden administration.
"You are in the room sitting next to him," said Psaki. "I know you said you're not gonna answer about when the transcript of that five-hour interview could be released, but I want to know more, if people were to read that transcript, what you think their takeaway would be about the performance in conversation."
"He engaged in a vocal operation in the special counsel's report and that is very clear," said Bauer. "I was there, I was sitting next to the president and the interview was consistent with that posture of cooperation. He engaged; I had mentioned before that they indicated to him that the international events must be on the president's mind. That he would take the president many years back, and that is what the president did."
As for the characterization of Biden, Bauer said it isn't at all what he witnessed.
"I could tell you that his insinuations or the suggestions in the report simply don't correspond with my recollection of how that interview went," he explained. "And frankly, I don't understand why they are in that report. This is a case that was open and shut from the very first day. He hadn't engaged in any wrongdoing. It was a case of full cooperation. He was turning over the documents that were found."
"I did want to ask you," Psaki continued. "I think on that day, it was lost in the reporting — it was the day after the October 7th attack [by Hamas]. And obviously, the country saw how much that impacted the president. I know from working with him that he is often making calls with foreign leaders, getting updates. Was that part of the day? Did he take breaks, what else was happening that day?"
"I can say this," said Bauer. "We had an appointment, and a decision was made. It was the president's decision — he was going to keep this. When he arrived to the room ... he understood that it was important to the special counsel that we try to stay on schedule. Scheduling two days, five hours — it's not easy to do, and rescheduling them is not easy to do. He gave that interview."
He explained that Biden had been on the phone with world leaders prior to the meeting. Israel is also seven hours ahead of the U.S. so Biden's ongoing conversations in the Situation Room could go into very late hours or start very early.
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