Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into president bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges were warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, beaus, death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used the hearing to score political points ahead of the 2024 president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging biden with a crime, while democrats aimed to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, who is facing charges for mishandling classified documents, saying trump obstructed all investigations. The white house views the matter as over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is
Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into President Bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges are warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, zelenskyys death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle usually hearings to use head of the president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging the crime while democrats aims to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, facing charges for him him its only because my document saying trump up obstructed all investigations. White house the matter is over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is going to start us off tonight
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