retained documents on matters including national security. it stems back to 2017 and his role as vice president. the special council has decided not to pursue criminal charges against mr biden, saying he opted against criminal charges because mr biden co operated and guilt could not be established beyond reasonable doubt. the special counsel. he admitted a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place and said he had immediately turned them over to thejustice department. he defended keeping hold of them saying they were locked in the garage at his delaware home. he defended himself in a televised address from the white house. 1 himself in a televised address from the white house.- from the white house. i have seen the from the white house. i have seen the headlines from the white house. i have seen the headlines about - from the white house. i have seen the headlines about my| seen the headlines about my wilful retention of documents. that s not only misleading, it s
this stems back to 2017, following his role as vice president. but special counsel robert hur has decided not to pursue criminal charges against mr biden. mr biden cooperated with his investigation, and guilt could not be established beyond a reasonable doubt. mr biden previously admitted that a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place, and said that he had immediately turned them over to thejustice department. he defended keeping hold of them saying they were locked in the garage at his delaware home. here s what he had to say about thursday s report. now, i have seen the headlines about my wilful retention of documents. this is not only misleading, butjust plain wrong. he butjust plain wrong. insisted his memory is fine. the he insisted his memory is fine. the special counsel said the president had presented himself as a sympathetic well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. in remarks that took a personal and combative tone at times, president biden said despit
he wilfully retained and disclosed classified documents on matters including national security, which stems back to 2017 and his role as vice president. the special council has decided not to pursue criminal charges against mr biden. he said he opted against criminal charges because mr biden co operated with his investigation and guilt could not be established beyond a reasonable doubt. mr biden previously admitted that a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place, and said that he had immediately turned them over to thejustice department. he defended keeping hold of them saying they were locked in the garage at his delaware home. he defended himself in a televised address from the white house. i have seen the headlines about my wilful retention of documents. this is not only misleading, butjust plain wrong. the special counsel said the president had presented himself as an elderly man with a poor memory. i m an elderly man, i m well meaning but i know what the hell i
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sir keir starmer has confirmed that labour is ditching a pledge to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the general election. enviromental groups have called the move shortsighted, and the conservatives have described it as a major u turn on a flagship policy. but speaking to the bbc, sir keir said the target had to be scaled back because the conservatives had crashed the economy. 0ur political editor chris mason is in westminster good evening, sophie. labour, two and a half years ago made this promise of spending £28 billion per year on green investment projects. then last summer they diluted the promise. in recent weeks and months they have been going a bit wobbly about whether they were keeping the promise or not. and today they have a lob to that number into a skip. 28 billion is becoming about 5 billion. they say that £5 billion would be paid for, half by borrowing, half by extending a windfall
thank you for being with us. president biden s memory has been called into question after an investigation by a us prosecutor in to how he handled classified documents after serving as vice president in 2017. the report found that mr biden had willfully retained and disclosed material but said he will not face criminial charges. the report says it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an elderly man with a poor memory . our north america correspondent john sudworth is in washington. in legal terms at least, this is a vindication for president biden. the report by a former trumpjustice department official finds there is insufficient grounds to charge him for his mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency under president obama. and it says that unlock president donald trump s alleged behaviour in a similar classified documents case, president biden has cooperated in full and in his reaction today, the president seemed to suggest t