BREAKING: Special Counsel Confirms Biden Willingly Shared Classified Docs In Sworn Testimony

Special counsel Robert Hur confirmed on Tuesday that President Joe Biden was previously aware he was in possession of classified documents taken from his time in the Obama administration years before he turned them over in late 2022.

Testifying on Capitol Hill Tuesday, a moment of truth was captured when Hur and Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) discussed Biden’s admission to a ghostwriter that he came upon boxes of classified materials during a previous search of his basement. The statement would directly contradict President Biden’s earlier denial that he shared unauthorized information with the ghostwriter.

“So you have audio recording from his ghostwriter where the president acknowledges that the information he has is classified and he’s sharing it with this ghostwriter?” McClintock asked.

“We have an audio recording capturing a statement from Mr. Biden saying to his ghostwriter in February of 2017, ‘I just found all the classified stuff downstairs.'”

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The X campaign account for President Donald Trump was quick to stitch the exchange together with an earlier denial by Biden in the hours after Hur’s report first landed in which he denies sharing classified information with the writer, Mark Zwonitzer.

“I did not share classified information. I did not with my ghostwriter, did not share. Guarantee you did not,” Biden said. That was followed by testimony from Hur quoting evidence of Biden reading the materials to Zwonitzer.

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Democrats on the committee and in the White House have largely stuck by a narrative that President Biden complied with requests by the National Archives to return the classified materials while President Trump ignored similar requests. The contradiction of Biden’s denials about unlawfully sharing classified information now threatens to undermine his image as a law-abiding incumbent being compared to a more reckless rival.

Hur’s appearance came after tremendous pressure by Democrats to explain detailed passages within his report describing President Biden’s state of mind while possessing the documents, concluding he is a “well-meaning, elderly old man with a poor memory” who would most likely not be convicted by a jury. The production of evidence by Hur may not reignite a national discussion over President Biden’s age, a severe liability for him among general election voters.