Rep. Eric Swalwell recently caught special counsel Robert Hur for omitting his reference to President Joe Biden’s “photographic recall” in his interview with Biden from his final report — in which he bashed Biden’s memory as “poor.”
It has been noted that on Tuesday morning, Republicans led a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of sensitive documents. Just ahead of the hearing, transcripts from President Biden’s Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 interviews with Hur and his team were released.
When the hearing progressed, Republicans slammed Biden in their questioning, while Democrats pushed back and leaned heavily on comparisons to Trump.
Swalwell recently took a shot at doing both when he questioned Hur about a portion of the October 8 transcript that did not appear in Hur’s report — then presented evidence attacking Trump’s “absolutely not photographic” acuity:
SWALWELL: President Biden sat for an interview with you over two days for approximately 10 hours. Is that right?
HUR: A little over five hours, Congressman.
SWALWELL: Over two days.
HUR: Correct.
SWALWELL: You know, that’s in sharp contrast to a guy who did not sit for an interview when the Mueller investigation took place. That was Donald Trump. Did not sit for an interview when he was impeached in this Committee room by the Judiciary Committee.
Did not sit for an interview when the second impeachment occurred and he was invited to sit for an interview for his role in January 6th.
And did not sit for an interview in the January 6th Classified — in the January 6th case or the Classified Documents Case.
Chairman also has not sat for an interview in his own subpoena, but Joe Biden has.
I now want to turn you to the transcript and day one, page 47.
You said to President Biden, you have — appear to have a photographic understanding and recall of the House. Did you say that to President Biden?
HUR: Those words do appear on page 47 of the transcript.
SWALWELL: Photographic is what you said. Is that right?
HUR: That word does appear on page 47 of the transcript.
SWALWELL: Never appeared in your report, though. Is that correct? The word photographic?
HUR: That does not appear in my report.
SWALWELL: I now want to show you and play a video of what is absolutely not photographic.
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DONALD TRUMP: In the failing “New York Times” by an anonymous, really an anonymous, gutless coward. We are a nation that just recently heard that Saudi Arabia and Russia will repeat — I hope they now go and take a look at the oranges —
the oranges of the investigation.
And I watch our police and our firemen down on 7-11, down the World Trade Center. And we did with Obama. We won an election that everyone said
couldn’t be won. This is the very definition of totalitarianism. And let me begin by wishing you a beautiful look.
You remember this? Do you remember? God bless the United States. The windmills are driving them crazy. They’re driving — they’re driving the whales, I think, a little batty. And I went to Puerto Rico and I met with the President of the –
